Neanderthal men were first inhabitants of Ionian islands

According to recent finds over the past two years by the University of Crete’s History and Archaeology Department in collaboration with the 36th Superintendence for Classical and Prehistoric Antiquities in the active archaeological sites in the group of Meganisi island, Neanderthal men and women liked Greek islands, and were almost certainly their first inhabitants.

Meganisi – a small and beautiful strip of land four miles south-east of Lefkada- is part of the group of small islands called Prighiponisia, among which is the famous Skorpios owned by the Onassis family.

On the basis of elements brought to light during excavations, Meganisi’s first inhabitants – according to archaeologists – were Neanderthal men and women living in that part of the Ionian Sea 100,000 years ago in a period scholars call the Mid-Paleolithic Era...