After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

Learn about the Lapedo child, an ancient human with Neanderthal features who was buried at a rock shelter in Portugal between ...

The new date for the child is consistent with original estimates for the age of the burial, but it has changed our ...

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

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

(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 ...

The new dates, which range from 25,830 to 26,600 B.C., change what archaeologists initially thought about the burial rituals ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

So, when and for how long did these two species interact? The dating of the "Lapedo Child," an important clue holding the answer, has been revealed with cutting-edge technology. An international ...