Man landing on Madeira could be 4 centuries prior to its colonization by the Portuguese ( Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) ) Four centuries before its colonization by the Portuguese, man may have landed on Madeira Island. This can be deduced from a study led by the Spanish National Research Council, based on the dating of some ancient mice bones found in a fossiliferous site in Ponta de São Lourenço.
April 29, 2014 - EurekAlert!