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Mysterious Twist Revealed in Saga of Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Child
After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Mysterious Skeleton of Child With Human and Neanderthal Traits Has Finally Been Dated by Archaeologists
Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious ...
Scientists pinpoint age of suspected human-Neanderthal hybrid child
Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...
Scientists Found a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Who Lived Long After His People Went Extinct
Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...
Researchers precisely date Lapedo child, Neanderthal-Human hybrid
The new date for the child is consistent with original estimates for the age of the burial, but it has changed our ...
Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered ...
Age of Famous Neanderthal Hybrid Child Pinpointed With Breakthrough Method
The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...
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New Dating Confirms That the Lapedo Child, a Hybrid of Modern Human and Neanderthal, Lived Thousands of Years After Their Extinction
An international team of researchers has successfully directly dated the remains of the so-called Lapedo Child, an infant ...
Discover Magazine6d
The Age of a Human-Neanderthal Child's Burial Has Just Been Resolved
Decades after its initial discovery, the skeleton of a prehistoric child who possessed both human and Neanderthal attributes has now been directly dated. Archaeologists have confirmed that the ...
Live Science10d
28,000-year-old Neanderthal-and-human 'Lapedo child' lived tens of thousands of years after our closest relatives went extinct
The child's skeleton was discovered in 1998 in the Lagar Velho rock-shelter in the Lapedo Valley of central Portugal. When paleoanthropologists removed the bones from the dirt, they immediately ...
The Independent8d
Breakthrough after skeleton of ancient Neanderthal-and-human child found
The nearly complete skeleton of the ‘Lapedo child' was discovered 27 years ago in a rock shelter called Lagar Velho in central Portugal. It was stained red, and scientists think it may have been ...
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Researchers precisely date Lapedo child, Neanderthal-Human hybrid
(photo credit: João Zilhão and Cidália Duarte) Radiocarbon dating using a new method has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the Lapedo Child, a prehistoric skeleton exhibiting ...