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The reconstruction of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman makes her look quite friendly—there's a problem with that

Phys.org - Thu 9 May 24

From a flaky skull, found "as flat as a pizza" on a cave floor in northern Iraq, the face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named "Shanidar Z" has been reconstructed. With her calm and ...

Reconstructing a Neanderthal Skull That Was Flattened Like a Pancake

Discover Magazine - Fri 3 May 24

Researchers rebuilt flattened, fragmented skull, then created a digital picture of the Neanderthal woman’s face.

Face of Neanderthal woman buried in Iraq cave 75,000 years ago revealed

The Independent - Thu 2 May 24

Shanidar Z found in cave where Neanderthals repeatedly returned to ritually bury their dead

Neanderthal woman’s face revealed 75,000 years later

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 2 May 24

A team of palaeo-archaeologists is featured in a new documentary in which the experts have reconstructed the face of a Neanderthal woman who lived 75,000 years ago. The skull, crushed into ...

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

BBC News - Wed 1 May 24

Scientists build a 3D model of one of our evolutionary cousins from the pieces of a shattered skull.

Recreating the face of a 75,000-year-old female from a cave where Neanderthals buried their dead

Phys.org - Wed 1 May 24

A new Netflix documentary has recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened skull was discovered and rebuilt from hundreds of bone fragments by a team of archaeologists ...

Revealed: face of 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave where species buried their dead, Scienmag - Wed 1 May 24

Meet the 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman whose friendly face is sparking a scientific debate

ZME Science - Thu 9 May 24

Scientists can’t yet tell how soft tissue overlayed bones, so this reconstruction is inevitably based on artistic licence.

Meet Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal Woman Who Walked the Earth 75,000 Years Ago

Smithsonian Magazine - Mon 6 May 24

After carefully piecing her skull back together, archaeologists and paleoartists have created a lifelike 3D reconstruction of the woman's face

Neanderthal woman's face brought to life in stunning reconstruction

Livescience - Thu 2 May 24

With her long, brown hair and determined gaze, the new facial reconstruction lets us peek into the world of an archaic human who lived tens of thousands of years ...

Meet Shanidar Z: Scientists recreate the face of a female Neanderthal whose head was FLATTENED during a rock slide 75,000 years ago

Daily Mail - Thu 2 May 24

Named Shanidar Z, her skeleton had been buried by tens of thousands of years of sediment before first being uncovered in 2018.

Meet Shanidar Z: 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Woman's Face Reconstructed

ScienceAlert - Wed 1 May 24

A glimpse into a lost world challenges stereotypes.

The Face of a Neanderthal: Shanidar Z's Story Revealed

Anthropology.net - Tue 7 May 24

In the heart of Iraqi Kurdistan lies a cave that holds secrets from the depths of time. Among its ancient chambers, nestled in a gully, lay the remains of a 40-something woman, known as Shanidar ...

Face of Neanderthal woman revealed 75,000 years after she died

CBSNews - Thu 2 May 24

Shanidar Z's skull — thought to be the best preserved Neanderthal find this century — "was as flat as a pizza," experts said.

75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave where species buried their dead

ScienceDaily - Thu 2 May 24

A new documentary has recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened skull was discovered and rebuilt from hundreds of bone fragments by a team of archaeologists ...

Revealed: face of 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave where species buried their dead

Eurekalert - Wed 1 May 24

New Netflix documentary Secrets of the Neanderthals features a facial recreation based on Cambridge work rebuilding a Neanderthal skull crushed to just 2cm thick, with bone the consistency of ...