Identity of the ancient Canarian aboriginals

Table of contents

• Origin of the ancient Canarians

  • Identity

  • When they reached the islands

  • How they reached the islands

• Physical appearance

  • The Mechtoid phenotype and Iberomaurusian affinity

  • The Proto-Mediterranean phenotype and Capsian affinity

• Genetics

Origin of the ancient Canarians

Friar Alonso de Espinosa writes in his work at the end of the 16th century a folklore from the Guanches, the inhabitants from Achineche (Tenerife):

Los naturales Guanches viejos dizẽ que tienẽ noticia de inmemorable tiẽpo, que vinieron a eſta Isla ſeſenta perſonas, mas no ſaben de donde, y ſe juntaron y hizieron ſu habitacion junto a Icode que es vn lugar deſta Isla, y el lugar de ſu morada llamauan en ſu lengua. Alzanxiquian abcanahac xerax, que quiere dezir, Lugar del ayuntamiento del hijo del grande Translation: The aged Guanches say they possess tidings from time immemorial, that sixty people came to this island, yet they do not know whence, and they gathered and settled near Icod, which is a place on this island, and in their tongue they named their abode Alzanxiquian abcanahac xerac, which means: 'Place of the assembly of the son of the great one' — Friar Alonso de Espinosa - 1594

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