Guanches - The Aborigines Of The Canary Islands

The Guanches are believed to be the first inhabitantsthey never reached a high level of knowledge about
of the Canary Islands. Where they came from is stillsea and boats. And how did they get there in the
uncertain, but they could actually be a mix of Berbersfirst place if they didn't know anything about boats?
from the north of Africa, and scandinavian vikings.The Spaniards started to discover the world in the
Written material from the spanish 'conquistadores' inearly 1400's, and the Canary Islands were amongst
the 15th century states that the Guanches could bethe first territories to be conquered. The conquest of
described as tall and blue-eyed.the Canary Islands began in 1402, when the
Modern research has given that the Canaryexpedition of Juan de Bethencourt landed in the island
population of today has a significant level of bloodof Lanzarote.
group 0, just as in some areas of North Africa, likeEvery island fought back, but with little success. The
the Berbers of Ait Haddidu of Upper Atlas. But theGuanches couldn´t stand the millitary pressure
researchers have still not found any solid explanationfrom the spanish. After all, the Guanche society was
for the blue eyes of the Guanche population.at a Stone Age-level, while Spain at the same time
All mayor Canary Islands were inhabited by theaimed to conquer the whole world by using modern
Guanches, and they were ruled by different tribes.ships and weapons. The story tells us that the
They lived at Stone Age-level, and often usedbiggest islands, the ones of Gran Canaria and
volcanic caves and rock formations for creating smallTenerife, were the last ones to fall, after famous
villages. Even though they lived on islands, it seemsbattles such as the one of Acentejo, Tenerife.