The island was first inhabited in the Upper Palaeolithic, the Later Stone Age, but when in 5000 BC the sea level augmented and reached the current, the few inhabitants took refuge on the nearby Scola islet where traces of their stay were found.
A illa habitouse por primeira vez no Paleolítico Superior, a Idade de Pedra Posterior, pero cando no ano 5.000 aC o nivel do mar aumentou e alcanzou o actual, os poucos habitantes refuxiáronse no próximo illote Scola onde se atoparon pegadas da súa estancia.