Stone tools and other evidence indicates that the island was populated by hunter-gatherers between 8,500 and 7,500 years ago. These foragers weren’t farming on what little land Malta has, so how did they survive? Before the split, the team estimated Malta could sustain a maximum population of 419 individuals. Rather than a final destination, it was merely a stopover for Stone Age seafarers to hunt, fish, and gather resources for at least a millenium—and it may have been just one of many. Essentially, the Stone Age hunter-gatherers of Malta went on quite the odyssey.