Lagar Velho
A rock shelter in the Lapedo valley, central Portugal, where a child was buried with ochre and a pierced shell. Its mixed anatomy is read by some as Neanderthal and modern human ancestry.
Dated events and their evidence
- 26,000 BCE mainstream
Compound-specific radiocarbon redating places the child's burial between 27,800 and 28,600 years ago source - 26,000 BCE disputed
The claim that the body proportions show Neanderthal and modern human admixture remains contested source
Where
39.7554° N, 8.7353° W
Sources
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