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Scientists discover what the face of the Neanderthal woman looked like 75 thousand years ago

2024-05-02 19:32:32Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

Scientists discover what the face of the Neanderthal woman looked like 75
Dr Emma Pomeroy poses with the reconstructed skull and a physical reconstruction of the face and head of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named Shanidar Z

 

What did a Neanderthal woman look like 75 thousand years ago?

Scientists have the answer to these questions, who have made an extraordinary reconstruction of the appearance of a Neanderthal woman when she was alive. This reconstruction is based on the flattened and fragmented remains of a coffee, whose bones were very soft when found.

The researchers first had to strengthen the pieces before putting them together and then created the 3D model, which appears in a new BBC documentary called "Secrets of the Neanderthals".

"I think it can help us connect with who they were. It is extremely exciting and a great privilege indeed to be able to work with the remains of any individual, but especially one as special as hers," said Dr Emma Pomeroy, a palaeoanthropologist from the University of Cambridge who took part in the discovery.

 

Scientists discover what the face of the Neanderthal woman looked like 75
Shanidar Mr

 

The skull on which the model is based was found in Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is an iconic site where the remains of at least 10 Neanderthal men, women and children were discovered in the 1950s.

Then, in 2015 when the British group was invited by the cruel authorities, scientists found a new skeleton called "Shanidar Z", which included most of the individual's upper body, including the spine, shoulders, arms and legs. the hands. Also, they found the skull that was crushed in a 2 cm thick layer, probably as a result of a rock that had fallen from the top of the cave in the distant past.

“The skull was flat like a pizza, basically. It's an incredible journey to go from that to what you see now. As an archaeologist, you can sometimes feel oblivious to what you are doing. But every now and then you grow a little by touching the past. We forget what an extraordinary thing it is," said Cambridge Professor Graeme Barker, who is leading the new excavations at Shanidar.

Scientists discover what the face of the Neanderthal woman looked like 75
Shanidar cave

With the permission of the local antiquities department, the skull fragments were brought to the UK in blocks of sediment to begin the painstaking process of hardening and then joining them together. It took an archaeological conservator more than a year to complete the jigsaw puzzle.

The reconstructed skull was then surface scanned and a 3D print given to Dutch artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis, who are known for their skill in creating anatomical representations of ancient humans from their bones and fossil remains.

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