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

A British team of archaeologists unveiled the reconstructed face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named Shanidar Z, changing views on the species' perceived brutishness and lack of sophistication.
The new discovery of the Neanderthal woman's skull found in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2018 has prompted experts to investigate the mystery surrounding her burial beneath a large vertical stone marker.

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BBC News

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

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

15 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Independent

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

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

15 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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USA Today

Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman recreated after being dug up from Iraqi cave

The face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named Shanidar Z was recreated after Cambridge archeologists excavated her body from an Iraqi cave.

15 days ago·United States

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CNN

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

A Neanderthal was buried 75,000 years ago, and experts painstakingly pieced together what she looked like. The striking recreation is featured in a new Netflix documentary, “Secrets of the Neanderthals.”

15 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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Irish Independent

‘It’s like a high-stakes 3D jigsaw puzzle’ – Neanderthal woman’s face seen for the first time in 75,000 years

A 75,000-year-old Neanderthal skeleton found in the foothills of Iraq is believed to have been a woman aged in her mid-40s, according to researchers who pieced her skull back together.

15 days ago·Ireland

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

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A 40-something woman was buried in a cave 75,000 years ago, laid to rest in a gully hollowed out to accommodate her body. Her left hand was curled under her head, and a rock behind her head may have been placed as a cushion. 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 studyin…

15 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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