Some scientists who continue their studies in Britain In a cave in northern Iraq Based on the female skeleton they found and named Shanidar Z, they managed to model the face of a woman who lived 75,000 years ago. Investigations revealed that the woman was in her 40s when she died.

The lower body of Shanidar Z, In the 1960s It was thought to have been unearthed during excavations by American archaeologist Ralph Solecki. Researchers, who were only able to return to the cave in the Zagros Mountains after fifty years due to political unrest, also reached the top half of the woman’s skeleton.

They disappeared 40,000 years ago

Neanderthal ancestry dates back to approx 40 thousand years ago mysteriously disappeared. For a short period of a few thousand years, present-day humans, Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals lived together. On the other hand, this fossil will likely reignite some debates.

Shanidar Neanderthals, these creatures too has a cultureThis was the basis for the claim that they buried their dead and cared for their elderly. Studies on Neanderthals, who were thought to be rough, stupid and wild, show that they may be different from our predictions.

The face made from the collected parts is that of Neanderthals. caricatured features It carries: a huge nose, a flat face, small eyes. Because no completely preserved Neanderthal specimens exist, we only have theories about what they looked like. Shanidar Z, Netflix’s “The mystery of the NeanderthalsHe also appears in the documentary called “.