• Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed

    From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 2 23:49:26 2024
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68922877

    Scientists have produced a remarkable
    reconstruction of what a Neanderthal woman
    would have looked like when she was alive.

    It is based on the flattened, shattered
    remains of a skull whose bones were so soft
    when excavated they had the consistency of
    "a well-dunked biscuit".

    Researchers first had to strengthen the
    fragments before reassembling them.

    Expert palaeoartists then created the
    3D model.
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