When did the first permanent human settlement begin on Crete?

The true permanent human settlement of Crete began not much before 6500 BCE.1

While stone tools discovered on the island dating back approximately 130,000 years suggest that early hominids may have visited or settled there briefly, there is no evidence of continuous habitation prior to the arrival of the first agriculturalists. These early settlers, who likely arrived by sea from western Anatolia or more distant regions, established agricultural communities and are known to have inhabited sites such as Knossos.12