
This week, a groundbreaking study co-led by Maltese archaeologists revealed that the first hunter-gatherers landed in Malta 1,000 years prior to what was believed to have been the first population of the Maltese islands by farmers.
The study, published in the Journal nature, and led by Professor Eleanor Scerri and Professor Nicholas Vella of the University of Malta, offered evidence that showed that the first peoples likely populated Għar Latnija in Mellieħa.
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The news sparked various reactions, and one of them, by local AI creator malta.ai, took the concept and created a video of what it must have been like arriving on the island for the first time.
At Għar Latnija cave, researchers uncovered stone tools, hearths, and food remains. These included red deer, long believed extinct at the time, as well as tortoises and large now-extinct birds.
These would have been the first ‘Maltese communities’, setting the stage for the eventual population of the entire island over thousands of years.
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