Display reveals faces of prehistoric humans
By Agence France-Presse in Bordeaux, France | China Daily | Updated: 2014-11-18 07:33
Her clothes are made from fur, hemp and nettle and for decoration she sports ivory and bone beads. She has dark hair worn in dreadlocks, tattoos and a penetrating stare. Dubbed "the woman from the Pataud shelter", little is known about this figure from prehistory - except how she might have looked.
Although the dreadlocks and tattoos are pure conjecture, modern scientific techniques mean the facial features of a long-dead person can now be accurately reconstructed.
Former makeup artist turned paleontology expert and sculptor Elisabeth Daynes has painstakingly created a model of the Pataud woman.
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