From C. L. Thomas
The unstable volcanic slopes of the Canary Islands may offer an explanation
for a long-standing puzzle
(1 September, p 17).
When Spaniards first visited the
islands, the Guanche, who had no boats, inhabited them. But how did they get
If in the remote past a similar landslide caused such a monster tsunami, the
coastal inhabitants would all have drowned. In the centuries that followed,
descendants of mountain people who had long since forgotten about boats would
have repopulated these areas.