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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: 'Oldest Human's' Face Recreated Using Technology
Caption: Due to the work of a graphics expert from Brazil, we can now see the face of the person believed to be the oldest known example of our species, Homo sapiens. The skull, known as Skhul V, was found in northern Israel and is thought to be around 80,000 to 120,000 years old, making it a candidate for the oldest human remains. Following a forensic reconstruction Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes authored the new study and reconstructed our ancestor’s features. He describes the face as stronger than humans today and that modern man appears “fragile” in comparison. Two approaches related to facial approximation were worked on, one more objective and the other more artistic. The objective approach consisted of a bust equipped with elements closely linked to the anatomical aspects of the approximation. Moraes added subjective elements such as skin tone, eye colour and hair to bring life to the creation and depict the early human’s age. Skhul V is believed to have been between 30 and 40 years old when he died. The skull was found in 1932 in the Skhul Cave near Mount Carmel, Israel. Scientists originally thought the hominid was from an earlier human species, as his skull is unusually robust. But he’s now believed to be an early, rough and ready member of our species, homo sapiens although some experts believe he may be a member of a transitional species that shows similarities with modern Homo sapiens rather than our earliest ancestor.
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