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

Scientists have long puzzled over the Lapedo child’s curious blend of human and Neanderthal traits. The skeleton had mostly human-like features, but it also had the body proportions, jawbone and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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It thus represents an essential tool for exploring interactions between human species and reconstructing our evolutionary history. Discovered in 1998, the skeleton of the Lapedo child, a hybrid ...

The nearly complete skeleton of the ‘Lapedo child' was discovered 27 years ago ... part of a protein that's found primarily ...

Radiocarbon dating using a new method has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the Lapedo Child, a prehistoric skeleton exhibiting both modern human and Neanderthal features.

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it ... part of a protein that’s found primarily in human bones. Examining part of a crushed arm, they revealed ...