Testing times
How do we know LB1 and the other remains are really only 18,000 years old?
The archaeologists used four separate scientific dating methods to ensure that the dates for the skeleton are accurate.
'The site was excavated carefully and the dating methods are convincing - new species are often classified on a lot less evidence than this. LB1 is one of the most important finds of the last fifty years.' Robert Foley, evolution expert, University of Cambridge
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Careful excavation inside the cave at Liang Bua.
Image: Mike Morwood |
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