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 skeleton of the Lapedo child, named after its place of origin in Lapedo Valley, Portugal, is somewhere between 27,780 to 28,550 years old, according to new research.
Details surrounding the Lapedo child are presented in a study that was recently published in Science Advances. The updated date range of the skeleton sheds light on the burial that the child was given during a time when the ancient Gravettian culture had spread all throughout Europe.
