Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Lagar Velho 1

Field number assigned to fossil hominid remains comprising the nearly complete skeleton of a child that is attributed to either Homo sapiens or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. The ochre-stained four-year-old child, probably a male, is reported to have Neandertal limb proportions but modern craniofacial features, including a prominent chin. Aka the Lapedo Valley kid site.

See Abrigo do Lagar Velho rockshelter.

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Abrigo do Lagar Velho rockshelter (Archaeological site found in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley, north of Lisbon, Portugal, dated to 24.5 ...)
Lapedo Valley kid site (See Abrigo do Lagar Velho rockshelter and Lagar Velho 1.)
Arsuaga, Juan Luis (Spanish paleontolologist at Complutense University in Madrid and co-director since 1991 of ...)
last of the Neandertals (... , Zafarraya, and Abrigo do Lagar Velho rockshelter.)
Mezmaiskaya Cave (... Cave. Cf. Abrigo do Lagar Velho rockshelter.)