Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious mix of features ...

Archaeologists in Thailand have made a stunning discovery—the oldest child skeleton ever found in the country, dating back 29,000 years. Unearthed in a cave at the Tham Din archaeological site within ...

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child, that carries features from both humans and Neanderthals, to between 27,700 and 28,600 years ago. The nearly complete skeleton of the ‘Lapedo ...

A viral image of a woman holding a child's skeleton in Gaza is AI-generated and not real. The image was created by an ...

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

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

Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and ...

KHAO SAM ROI YOT NATIONAL PARK, THAILAND—Thai PBS World reports that Thailand’s Fine Arts Department announced an extraordinary discovery—the oldest human skeleton ever found in the country.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries features from both humans and Neanderthals. The child's ...

When a bizarre-looking tiny skeleton was discovered in the Atacama Desert way back in 2003, UFO hunters believed they finally had proof of an alien being, but new research reveals that the strange ...

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