Primum Sapienti
2024-05-03 05:49:26 UTC
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.
...
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.
...