This reconstruction set the scene for understanding Neanderthals for decades ... who sculpted a modern human face with a recognizable sensibility and expressions. This drive towards historical ...

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This reconstruction set the scene for understanding Neanderthals for decades ... who sculpted a modern human face with a recognisable sensibility and expressions. This drive towards historical ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

“Seeing Lucy’s face is like glimpsing a bridge to the distant past, offering a visual connection to human evolution,” Brazil’s Cicero Moraes, a pioneer in the field of forensic facial reconstructions, ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal woman's face, based on a skull unearthed in Shanidar cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. The skull belonged to a woman who died around 75,000 years ago and was crushed to bits.

Prof Chris Stringer, human evolution expert at the Museum, was happy to inform the creation of the reconstruction. 'The models are based on the very best scientific evidence we could put together.