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Mysterious Skeleton of Child With Human and Neanderthal Traits Has Finally Been Dated by Archaeologists
In 1998, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a child in Portugal’s Lapedo Valley. When the team took a closer ...
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 ...
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 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 Lapedo Child remains shows that remains of a child with both human and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Breakthrough after skeleton of ancient Neanderthal-and-human child found
Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered to between 27,700 and ...
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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 ...
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Expanding Our Understanding of an Ancient & Unique Child
Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley 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 ...
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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 ...
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Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals
More information: Bethan Linscott et al, Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal), Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp5769 ...