Most of what we know about Prehistoric Greece is mostly from archaeology and not writing. The Minoans and Mycenaeans had their bullfights and labyrinths. This era when Greek writing was evolving. The Homeric epics like the Odyssey were also from this era. Prehistoric Crete was evacuated in 2008-2009 which revealed some stone tools which were 130,000 years old. This was very surprising since the earliest known sea voyages were thought to occur around 12,000 BC. It is believed now, that pre-Homo-sapiens crossed the sea from Africa and arrived in Crete. To this day it is believed that Crete was inhabited from 7th millennium BC on wards. The forests in Crete are said to have been inhabited by pygmy hippo, pygmy elephant, dwarf deer, giant rodents and insectivores. Since not much is known about Prehistoric Greece, and not all of it have been proved true or false, I could not find a lot of information.
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