Lapedo Child, The

Synopsis: The accepted theory regarding the emergence of humans is that Neanderthals were superseded by Cro-Magnons, eventually vanishing altogether around 28,000 years ago. However, a recent discovery in the Lapedo Valley of Portugal casts doubt on this. With the chin and lower arms of a human, but the jaw and build of a Neanderthal, the Lapedo child appears to be a hybrid, the result of interbreeding between the two species. Scientists disagree as to the veracity of this claim, but if it is true, the implications for evolutionary theorists are tremendous.
Series: Emergence of Humans, The (S292)
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2002
Year of production: 2001
Subjects: Archaeology; Biology
Keywords: archaeological investigation; human evolution

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