Researchers created a facial approximation of a 45,000-year-old individual who is believed to be the oldest anatomically modern human ever to be genetically sequenced.
In 1950, archaeologists discovered a severed skull buried deep inside a cave system in Czechia . Because the skull was split in half, researchers concluded that the skeletal remains were of two separate individuals. However, through genome sequencing done decades later, scientists concluded that the skull actually belonged to a single person: a woman who lived 45,000 years ago.
Although much has been learned about the woman's genetics, little is known about what she may have looked like. But now, a new online paper published July 18 offers new insight into her possible appearance in the form of a facial approximation. "An interesting piece of information about the skull is that it was gnawed by an animal after her death," study co-author Cícero Moraes, a Brazilian graphics expert, told Live Science in an email."This animal could have been a wolf or a hyena ."To replace the missing portions, Moraes and his team utilized statistical data compiled in 2018 by researchers who created a reconstruction of the skull.
"We see that the jaw structure of Zlatý kůň tends to be more compatible with Neanderthals," he added.
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