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

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 ...

In 1998, the Lapedo Child rose to fame as it astonishingly carried human and Neanderthal genes. Twenty-seven years later, ...

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

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries ...

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

A study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, ...

Drastic climatic changes likely had profound impacts on the genetic and morphological variability of the Neanderthal lineage.

The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating ...