article_snippet.sent: the mysterious Red Lady body was found in 2010 in the cave stained in sparkling red paint and adorned in yellow flowers with an engraved stone nearby.
article_snippet.sent: Radiocarbon dating suggests this burial took place 18,700 years ago and that the female was aged between 35 and 40 when the female was entombed.
article_snippet.sent: The pigment and tombstone has led researchers to speculate the female was a person of status or authority and was ritualistically buried in such a way to oversee the female subjects.
article_snippet.sent: the female robust skeleton, which bore few signs of disease, and the female elaborate funeral suggests the female may have been of high status or even buried in a sacrificial ritual.
article_snippet.sent: However, researchers from the University of New Mexico led by Lawrence Straus have speculated it was likely a burial ritual.
article_snippet.sent: The Red Lady was found in an elaborate grave (pictured) and is thought to have been buried 18,700 years ago .
article_snippet.sent: Anthropologists who have studied The Red Lady remains believe The Red Lady was buried in a tightly bundled fetal position on The Red Lady left side with The Red Lady chest facing the cave wall and The Red Lady back towards a large stone block .
article_snippet.sent: The fact The Red Lady was buried within in what appears to be living quarters has suggested The Red Lady was instead a person of status or authority and was buried in such a way to oversee The Red Lady subjects.