Meet Wilma: The face of Neanderthal woman revealed for the first time
Artists and scientists have created the first model of a Neanderthal based in part on ancient DNA evidence.
She has been put together using analysis of DNA from 43,000-year-old bones that had been cannibalised.
The model has been nicknamed Wilma after she was found to have red-hair like the Flintstones character.
The findings had suggested that at least some Neanderthals would have had red hair, pale skin, and possibly freckles.
Created for an October 2008 National Geographic magazine article, Wilma has a skeleton made from replicas of pelvis and skull bones from Neanderthal females.
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She has been put together using analysis of DNA from 43,000-year-old bones that had been cannibalised.The model has been nicknamed Wilma after she was found to have red-hair like the Flintstones character.
The findings had suggested that at least some Neanderthals would have had red hair, pale skin, and possibly freckles.
Created for an October 2008 National Geographic magazine article, Wilma has a skeleton made from replicas of pelvis and skull bones from Neanderthal females.