Face of Neanderthal woman who was buried in Iraq cave 75yrs ago revealed

Archaeologists have reconstructed the human-like face of a Neanderthal woman who lived 75,000 years ago in a cave. 

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Identified as Shanidar Z, she was found deceased in a cave with evidence of funerary rituals since the 1950s. This Neanderthal woman’s face was reconstructed as part of the BBC documentary “Secrets of the Neanderthal,” which is now available on Netflix.

“Neanderthal skulls have huge brow ridges and lack chins, with a projecting midface that results in more prominent noses,” Emma Pomeroy, from Cambridge University’s archaeology department, said. “But the recreated face suggests those differences were not so stark in life.”

“It’s perhaps easier to see how interbreeding occurred between our species, to the extent that almost everyone alive today still has Neanderthal DNA,” Dr Pomeroy, who features in the new film, said.