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Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever

The following piece was published by Phys/Org – Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, suggests otherwise; that human activity on the islands predates European arrival by centuries.

Who discovered the Falkland Islands – the remote archipelago east of Argentina and north of Antarctica? Perhaps “discovered” should be in quotes like they are when the subject is North America. Historians generally credit the first undisputed landing on the islands to English captain John Strong in 1690. He and subsequent visitors, including Charles Darwin,... Read more »

(Inside Science) – An unknown population of humans that left few traces on the landscape of the Falkland Islands may have brought large fox-like dogs still present when Europeans first visited the archipelago in the late 17th century.

Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to