 Maniots from what is now Messenian Mani have surnames that uniformly end in "-éas", whereas Maniots from what is now Laconian Mani have surnames that end in "-ákos"; additionally there is the "-óggonas" ending, a corruption of "éggonos", "grandson".A comprehensive history of the Mani region can be found in the article "Maniots".A skull of "Homo sapiens" dating to more than 210,000 years ago was found in the Alepotrypa Cave on the western side of the peninula.