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The first settlers are believed to have arrived here from North Africa-the word Mahorero ( Majorero ) or Maho is still used today to describe the people of Fuerteventura and comes from the ancient word ' mahos ' meaning a type of goatskin shoe worn by the original inhabitants.

They lived in caves and semi-subterranean dwellings, a few of which have been discovered and excavated revealing relics of early tools and pottery.

In antiquity, the island was known as Planaria, among other names, in reference to the flatness of most of its landscape.