Malta’s Mesolithic foragers shouldn’t have survived a thousand years on an island that small. New modeling shows the population was too small to be self-sustaining, meaning repeated sea crossings, not isolation, kept them there. 🏝️🧬🌊 #Archaeology #Mesolithic www.anthropology.net/p/maltas-imp...

Malta’s Impossible MesolithicWhat a population model reveals about foragers who shouldn’t have survived on a 252 square kilometer island for a thousand yearswww.anthropology.net