Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and ...

The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...

A cutting-edge radiocarbon technique has provided the most precise date yet for the Lapedo Child, a prehistoric skeleton with both Neanderthal and modern human traits. Found in Portugal’s Lapedo ...

Read More: 10 of the Most Important Neanderthal Fossil Discoveries Radiocarbon dating of animal bones and charcoal initially suggested that the burial event took place somewhere between 27,700 ...

These interactions fostered cultural exchange, social complexity, and behavioral innovations, such as formal burial practices ... the nature of Homo sapiens–Neanderthal relationships in the ...

At the time, they described it as a “mosaic” of Neanderthal and early modern human features, a result of interbreeding between the two groups. Radiocarbon dating of animal bones and charcoal initially ...

These interactions fostered cultural exchange, social complexity, and behavioral innovations, such as formal burial practices ... the nature of Homo sapiens–Neanderthal relationships in the ...

As social interactions intensified around an unbelievable 110,000 years ago, they began developing formal burial customs. They found ochre pigment, and though they weren't the first, they ...

These findings came from an excavation led by Israeli researchers from Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and other academic institutions in the country starting back in 2017.

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered to between 27,700 and 28,600 years ago ...

The ochre-stained skeleton of the roughly 4- or 5-year-old child—experts believe the body was wrapped in a painted animal skin for burial in the Lagar Velho rock shelter—when found “exhibited a mosaic ...