[yarddog]

I have always suspected that the earliest civilization arose on Crete. No real proof but some hints.

[SunkenCiv]

Ultimately there’s no way to determine where the earliest civ’ started, only where the oldest traces are, and the oldest surviving sites (so far) are in Anatolia. Culture and habitation is another thing altogether:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2962614/posts

[snip] stone artifacts on the southern Ionian Islands hint at human sites there as early as 110,000 years ago [/snip]

[Red Badger]

I have always suspected that the earliest civilization arose on Crete. No real proof but some hints.I have always suspected that the earliest civilization arose on Crete. No real proof but some hints.

So, your suspicions aren't con-Crete?................