(ORDO NEWS) — The fact that archaeologists and graphic designers of different countries are trying to outdo each other in reconstructing faces from the skulls of dead people cannot be denied.
Moreover, it can be compared with some scientific trend.
For example, recently scientists from Norway once again carried out similar work and recreated the appearance of a teenager whose remains were discovered 100 years ago in one of the caves.
Until now, it is not clear at what point archaeologists became interested in reproducing the appearance with the help of computer modeling. But the results of this work are really interesting, unusual, sometimes creepy.
And most of all, archaeologists like to take some skull with mutilations, and use it to reproduce the appearance of the person to whom it belonged.
This time, Norwegian experts recreated the face, body and even clothes of a teenager whose remains were found more than 100 years ago. The finished exhibit is now in the museum in the town of Nerbe.
The teenager whose copy was created died about 8,300 years ago. Carbon analysis of the bones shows this.
He was no more than 15 years old at the time of his death. His skeleton was found in 1907, the remains were given the name Wistengutten, which is translated from Norwegian as “boy from Viste”.
Based on the skeleton, it can be concluded that during his life the teenager was a short boy, approximately 125 cm, and he had a skull deformity.
Professors who examined the bones say he suffered from scaphocephaly (a condition in which the bones of the skull grow too early and the head becomes narrower and elongated).
It does not affect the mental abilities and development of the child, but visually it does not look aesthetically pleasing.
Scientists concluded that the child did not suffer from malnutrition, was healthy, and cannot establish the cause of death. Most likely, he died alone. His body was as if leaning against the wall in the cave.
Scientists wanted to reproduce not only the face, but also the appearance of the teenager.
The author of the new reconstruction, Oskar Nilssen, says that the boy was actively interested in fishing during his life. This is evidenced by the huge number of tools found next to the remains.
As always, in order to get the closest possible version of what the child looked like, a computer tomography of the skull was first performed.
Then the results were compared with data on what modern teenagers of his age look like in Northern Europe.
Thanks to DNA analysis, they found out the shade of his skin, as well as the color of his eyes and hair. And only then combined the obtained results.
The photo shows that the boy had a bulging forehead and a wide nose. Dark hair (closer to brunette than brown), brown eyes and dark skin.
Later, he was given unique clothes: a tunic, a belt, a shoulder bag, and even a necklace. Overall, this really is the best reconstruction of all so far.
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