Guanches were cave dwellers, and Anaga’s dense, ancient laurel forests and jagged mountains provided the perfect place to hide from the Spanish.

The Guanches’ origins have long been debated and speculated by archaeologists and historians. Some theorise they were descendants of the Celts, or perhaps the Vikings.

Guanches were the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands. They were hunter-gatherer tribes who lived a lifestyle much like it is supposed that people lived in the Stone Age.

When and how the Guanches arrived to the Canary Islands have remained poorly understood, not least since they lacked boats and the knowledge of how to navigate the surrounding seas. In fact, when ...

The prehistoric colonisation of the Canary Islands by the Guanches (native Canarians) woke up great expectation about their origin, since the Europeans conquest of the Archipelago. Here, we report ...

There are also many who believe that the Guanches are direct descendants of the Cro-Magnon man and skull measurements seem to verify this.

The Guanches’ origins have long been debated and speculated by archaeologists and historians. Some theorise they were descendants of the Celts, or perhaps the Vikings.