Established on the banks of the Nile River, the lands that make up the lands of today’s Egypt continue to shed light on our human history. Moreover, the discoveries made in this region also offer clues and evidence about human evolution.
A human skeleton, which was discovered almost completely in 1980, was one of these discoveries. The skeleton belonged to a person who lived on the banks of the Nile River about 35,000 years ago. Based on this skeleton, scientists were able to reveal what kind of face the person had.
This is what this human, who lived 35,000 years ago, looked like:
How was this image obtained?
There were deficiencies in some parts of the skull that scientists dealt with. In order to close these deficiencies, the data obtained by tomography was used and the missing points were corrected, and a rough image of the skull was obtained.
The black and white image we see is the facial structure created by photogrammetry. The second photo is the product of a study in which the skin color and beard were put on the person.
Information about the person:
The examinations made on the skeleton indicated that the person was 17-20 years old and had a height of 161-165 centimeters. The skull structure, on the other hand, pointed to what today’s modern humans, homo sapiens, looked like in the early days.
Although the skull was similar to our own, it also had some elements that were described as archaic. Wide airway and alveolar prognathism were listed as some of these elements. It is stated that the skeleton may be the oldest skeleton discovered in Egyptian soil.
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