Lagar Velho
The prehistoric site of Lagar Velho is a Abri-sous-roche located in the Vallée of Lapedo, a calcareous canyon which is to approximately 140 km in the north of Lisbon, with the Portugal.
In 1998, the discovery of a human burial of the Paléolithique superior provided the proof of a relatively old presence of the anatomically modern Humains in the Iberian peninsula. The very complete skeleton of a child of approximately 4 years was put at the day. It goes back to approximately: 24500 years before the present (Gravettien), and was associated with elements of ornament (shell and teeth perforated) as well as an important deposit of Ocre.
The post-cranial cranium, mandible, teeth and remainders would associate, according to its inventors, of the features characteristic of the anatomically modern Humains and of the Néandertaliens. The authors interpret it like a Hybride between the two populations. However, this interpretation was disputed: the characters derived from both let us tax are marked at the youthful individuals than in the adults and the individual variability of the children of the time is absolutely unknown.
The last phase of occupation of the shelter corresponds to the Solutréen (approximately 20.000 years before the present).
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