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An international research team led by scientists from McMaster University has unearthed new evidence in Greece proving that the island of Naxos was inhabited by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed.

Watch the McMaster University Instagram account (@McMasterU) this week for updates from the Stelida Naxos Archaeological Project in Greece.

New archaeological evidence from Greece suggests that early humans, including Neanderthals, traveled by sea to remote islands.

New research paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science by the Stelida Naxos Archaeological Project (SNAP) team.

Neanderthals in a boat? Not such a far-fetched notion after all – McMaster University research bolsters theory that our primitive cousins were more sophisticated than previously thought.

A recap and summary of our work done in our second summer excavation season at Naxos, Greece.

SNAP gets its first dedicated coverage in the Greek media with online reports in Vima tis Naxou, Naxos Now, and Kykladiki.

The Stélida Naxos Archaeological Project hosted the Director of the Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG), Prof. David Rupp and his wife Dr. Metaxia Tsipopoulou last September, the results of which were documented in the CIG blog.