Scientists reveal the face of a Neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/01/world/shanidar-z-facial-reconstruction-neanderthal-woman-scn?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn

Known as Shanidar Z, after the cave in Iraqi Kurdistan where she was found in 2018, the woman was a Neanderthal, a type of ancient human that disappeared around 40,000 years ago.

Scientists studying her remains have painstakingly pieced together her skull from 200 bone fragments, a process that took nine months. They used the contours of the face and skull to guide a reconstruction to understand what she may have looked like.

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The striking recreation is featured in a new documentary “Secrets of the Neanderthals” produced by BBC for Netflix, which is available for streaming on Thursday.