Scientists Reshape the Face of an Early Human Woman

Scientists have unveiled the face of the oldest known human to walk the Earth, a woman who lived 45,000 years ago, referred to as the "Golden Horse." An international team of academics from Brazil, Australia, and Italy brought her features to life using a digital model of her broken skull. According to the British newspaper "Daily Mail," the fossilized remains found in the Czech Republic over 70 years ago consist only of part of the skull, as researchers believe an animal may have consumed it after death. Although the team could not access the ancient skull remains, they utilized existing measurements and reference images previously recorded, which were also used by researchers to recreate the face of Tutankhamun earlier this year. This woman is among the earliest "Homo sapiens" who lived in Eurasia after our species migrated from Africa. Her genome carries about three percent of Neanderthal ancestry.