https://english.news.cn/20250329/7aef8f3e0a3d451eb779536287db7508/c.html

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440325000299

A fossil of the early human’s skull was discovered at the Yahuai Cave site on a hill in Bolang Village of Guangxi’s Longan County. The site was excavated between 2015 and 2018. Using 3D technology, scientists in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have reconstructed the face of a prehistoric human who lived 16,000 years ago.

The team adopted a 3D geometric morphometry method to analyze and compare the similarities and differences between the geometric shapes of the skull found at the Yahuai Cave site and modern human skulls. The prehistoric skull was bigger than female skulls today, but smaller than modern male skulls. Its geometric shape more closely resembles that of a modern female skull, though with a more elevated frontal bone.

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The image shows the reconstructed face (R) of a prehistoric human and the reconstruction process based on an early human’s skull discovered at the Yahuai Cave site in Bolang Village of Longan County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Guangxi Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeology/Handout via Xinhua)