A groundbreaking archaeological discovery has pushed back Malta’s human history by a millennium. New evidence reveals that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers of open Mediterranean water to reach Malta 8,500 years ago—approximately 1,000 years before the arrival of the first farmers. Published in Nature on April 9, 2025, this research documents the oldest confirmed long-distance seafaring in the Mediterranean before the invention of boats with sails. The discovery was made by a scientific team led by Professor Eleanor Scerri of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (MPI-GEA) and the University of Malta. “We found abundant evidence for a … Continue reading Malta Human History Pushed Back 1,000 Years as 8,500-Year-Old Seafaring Evidence Surfaces