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A non-exploitative economy favored the splendor of the Iberian Peninsula s Copper Age communities, says study
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A misty palaeolithic history of Portugal
Roberto Knight Cavaleiro
Chapter 1 . The years 400K to 5K BCE
Migrants of the homo heidelbergensis species first entered Western Europe around 400,000 years ago and some wisely chose to relocate to a land of plenty now known as the Tomar region of Central Portugal. There they found a vacant property in the form of the Aroeira cave complex through which ran the Almonda stream to provide fresh water and sanitation while the vicinity was well forested with plentiful fuel and food. When this labyrinth of passages and caverns was excavated in 2002 much evidence was found of the former occupation in the form of stone tools , detritus and broken animal bones but it was not until 2017 that a complete skull was discovered enabling an accurate composition of facial features such as a low brow , jutting jaw and deep set eyes