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 | c22,500BCE Portuguese archeologists led by Dr. Joao Zilhao found the skeleton of a young boy (the Lagar Velho child) in the Lapedo Valley on Nov 28, 1998, who reportedly exhibited both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens features, the first possible hybrid to be found. |
| 1497 Portuguese Jews were forced to convert to Christianity and were known as "New Christians," though many continued to practice their original faith in secret. |
| Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro. |
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