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Excavations throughout Carna revealed a {{wp|Neanderthals|Neanderthal}} presence dating back to the {{wp|Middle Palaeolithic|Middle Palaeolithic period}} some 200,000 years ago, while {{wp|Early modern human|modern humans}} first arrived in Carna, from the southeast on foot, about 35,000 years ago. The best known artefacts of these prehistoric human settlements are the famous paintings in the [[Creagan Dubha|Creagan Dubha cave]] in northern Carna, which were created from 32,600 to 13,500 {{wp|Common Era|BCE}}. Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that Carna acted as one of several major refugia from which northern [[Levantia]] was repopulated following the end of the {{wp|Quaternary glaciation|last ice age}}. | Excavations throughout Carna revealed a {{wp|Neanderthals|Neanderthal}} presence dating back to the {{wp|Middle Palaeolithic|Middle Palaeolithic period}} some 200,000 years ago, while {{wp|Early modern human|modern humans}} first arrived in Carna, from the southeast on foot, about 35,000 years ago. The best known artefacts of these prehistoric human settlements are the famous paintings in the [[Creagan Dubha|Creagan Dubha cave]] in northern Carna, which were created from 32,600 to 13,500 {{wp|Common Era|BCE}}. Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that Carna acted as one of several major refugia from which northern [[Levantia]] was repopulated following the end of the {{wp|Quaternary glaciation|last ice age}}. | ||
By about 3,000 BCE, the population of Carna is believed to have been primarily made up of the ancestors of the {{wp|Gaels|Gaelic}} {{wp|Celts}}. When exactly the Celts first arrived in Carna has been debated for close to a century, with the migrations of the Celts being one of the more enduring themes of archaeological and linguistic studies. The current prevailing theory is that the ancestors of the Gaels, forced to expand out of their homeland in northern Levantia due to famine and conflict with the ancestors of the {{wp|Celtic Britons|Pretannic}} Celts, arrived in the [[Carmnish Highlands|highlands of northern Carna]] sometime between 4,000 and 3,600 BCE | By about 3,000 BCE, the population of Carna is believed to have been primarily made up of the ancestors of the {{wp|Gaels|Gaelic}} {{wp|Celts}}. When exactly the Celts first arrived in Carna has been debated for close to a century, with the migrations of the Celts being one of the more enduring themes of archaeological and linguistic studies. The current prevailing theory is that the ancestors of the Gaels, forced to expand out of their homeland in northern Levantia due to famine and conflict with the ancestors of the {{wp|Celtic Britons|Pretannic}} Celts, arrived in the [[Carmnish Highlands|highlands of northern Carna]] sometime between 4,000 and 3,600 BCE and expanded southward to populate the [[Carnish Central Belt|central belt]], [[Carnish Lowlands|lowlands]], and the [[List of islands of Carna|islands of Carna]] over the following centuries. | ||
===Great Levantine Carna=== | ===Great Levantine Carna=== | ||