The find was made by William Buckland, Oxford University’s first Reader in Geology. The presence of the beads and other ornaments led him to conclude that the bones were of a woman, and the find quickly became known as the ‘Red Lady of Paviland’. Buckland also assumed that the ‘Red Lady’ was from the Roman period, around 2,000 years ago. We now know that they are the remains of a young man, and far more ancient.
In 2008, scientists used improved radiocarbon-dating techniques, which showed that the bones are around 33–34,000 years old (from a less cold episode during the last glaciation), making the ‘Red Lady’ one of the oldest examples of a ceremonial burial in Western Europe. Stone tools and burned animal bones show that he could have been one of the hunters that used the cave over many thousands of years. How he died remains a mystery, but the evidence indicates that he was buried ceremonially.
Scientists are looking to extract DNA from one of the leg bones to find out more about who he was and where he came from.
Also, the Red Lady has since been found to be a young man and not a lady. The assumption was made that the skeleton was of a woman due to some of the objects found with it, which were assumed to be bodily decorations.
Because men don’t decorate their bodies. Obviously. - the first researcher, presumably.
You presume correctly.
[The first researcher] believed the skeleton was female largely because it was discovered with decorative items, including perforated seashell necklaces and jewellery…
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