During our research to find our Canarian ancestors, the research led us to rely on a recent study that supports the fact that the North African Berbers are the first to settle on the island to live and settle.

In this episode, we present what archaeologists, anthropologists and geneticists recently revealed, that the first inhabitants of the Canary Islands were from North African Berbers, including the Maghreb.

What is impressive in this study is how the faces of these people are represented and constructed from the remains of their skeletons and based on the sciences of anthropology and genetics.

These sciences, which he relied on for reconstruction and installation, and the techniques used and the operations built on the skulls of the indigenous people, enabled the appearance of the similarities of this first Canary people.

The episode includes interrogations:

Alejandra: historian and genetics researcher

Carmen Rodriguez Santana: Director and Curator of the Cueva Pintada Archaeological Museum

Pedro: Archaeologist

Antonio Tejera: Archaeologist