In 1998, archaeologists discovered the buried skeleton of a four-year-old child dating to approximately 25,000 years ago at Lagar Velho near Leiria, Portugal.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources (Don's Maps, Springer Nature, Wikipedia) confirm the 1998 discovery, location, and approximate age of the child skeleton. Minor variance in dating (24,000-28,500 BP across studies) does not undermine the core claim. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Lagar Velho | Prehistoric, Megalithic, Dolmen | Britannica (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://donsmaps.com/lagar.html (corroboration)
- https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-44600-0_217-1 (corroboration)