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Scientists reveal face of the first European

The face of the first European has been recreated from bone fragments by scientists.

The head was rebuilt in clay based on an incomplete skull and jawbone discovered in a cave in the south west of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania by potholers.

Using radiocarbon analysis scientists say the man or woman, it is still not possible to determine the sex, lived between 34,000 and 36,000 years ago.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)