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Karina Babenok

Scientists Reconstruct A Female Neanderthal’s Face—Her Name Is Shanidar Z

Scientists have reconstructed the skull of a 40-something Neanderthal woman buried in a cave 75,000 years ago.

The woman, found in 2018, was given the name Shanidar Z after the cave in Iraqi Kurdistan where she was laid to rest.

To learn more about Neanderthal anatomy, scientists spent nine months piecing together Shanidar Z’s skull from 200 bone fragments.

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