Scientists provide more accurate age for the El Sidron cave Neanderthals
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 10:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A study has been able to accurately determine the age of the Neanderthal remains found in the El Sidrón cave (Asturias, Spain) for which previous studies had provided inexact measurements. The application of a pre-treatment to reduce contamination by modern carbon has managed to lower the margin of error from 40,000 to just 3,200 years.