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Revealed: Face of first European as fragments of 35,000-year-old skull are made flesh

This is the face of the first early European human which has been painstakingly constructed by scientists from bone fragments.

The man or woman - it is still not possible to determine the sex - lived 35,000 years ago in the Carpathian Mountains that today are part of Romania.

Their face was rebuilt in clay based on an incomplete skull and jawbone discovered in a cave where bears hibernated.

Forensic artist Richard Neave made the model based on his measurements of the pieces of bone and his knowledge of how facial tissues sit on the skull.

It was created for TV show The Incredible Human Journey about the origins of the human race and evolution, which will be screened on BBC next Sunday.
Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)