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Facial reconstructions, Anthropology, Archaeogenetics, Archaeology, Ethnography.

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@Sulkalmakh
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Facial and hypothetical artistic reconstruction commissions are open. Visit to get a glimpse of our work and services. To delve deeper into the methodology behind our reconstructions, visit
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RT @InterspeciesFa1: Facial Approximation based on LB-1, a Homo floresiensis female discovered at the Liang Bua cave in Flores, Indonesia,….
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Facial reconstruction of a man from the Quxuroba necropolis, Qusar region, northeastern Azerbaijan (400–700 AD). He had an artificially deformed skull and a mixed West–East Eurasian morphology, likely a Hunnic migrant that settled in the area.
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Map of the ethnogenesis of the Proto-Indo-Europeans:. Which team are you on? .🌊Dnieper-Donets .🏞 Rakushechny Yar (Lower Don) .🏔 Zamok (North Caucasus) .👁 Seroglazovka (Lower Volga) . Comment below ⬇️
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Facial reconstruction of a Neolithic Iranian from Ali Kosh. The people of Ali Kosh, like many Neolithic populations in the Middle East, practiced head binding and incisor ablation. The frontal skull image was created based on the structure of the profile skull photo.
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RT @InterspeciesFa1: Facial Approximation based on Dmanisi 5, a Homo georgicus male found at the Dmanisi site in Georgia, dated to approxim….
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Facial reconstruction of Homo Longi, a Denisovan from Harbin, China. Recently confirmed as a Denisovan. He possessed a massive skull measuring 221 mm in length and 164 mm in width, with a cranial capacity of 1,420 cm³. Reconstruction created in collaboration with @InterspeciesFa1
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Facial reconstruction of a 2,800-year-old Koban culture man from Ossetia. The Koban culture was a Kartvelian-Colchian expansion into North Caucasus, where it both influenced and was influenced by the peoples of the Post-Dolmen Horizon and Kayakent-Khorochoi culture.
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Sunghir 1 died at around 50–57 years old. His muscle attachments suggest heavy labor, likely hauling logs and chopping wood, stone, or ivory. He was killed by a powerful blow to the head from a sharp, heavy object—possibly a stone or biface—striking at nearly a 90° angle.
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Facial reconstruction of Sunghir 1, a 34,000-year-old man from Russia. Standing 178cm tall, he had the longest known UP clavicle at 198 mm - exceeding even Neanderthal lengths. His jaw (106 mm), cheekbones (142 mm), and skull (144×188 mm) were also all large.
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From "Morphogenetic processes in the Volga-Ural region in the early Holocene"
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Facial reconstruction of a 9,000-year-old Samara EHG from the Elshan culture. She stood out for her broad nose and pronounced prognathism, displaying morphological traits similar to equatorials. The reconstruction was done in collaboration with anthropologist Alexey Nechvaloda.
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Facial reconstruction of a man buried in a catacomb burial in Duba-Yurt, Chechnya, dated to the Alan-Khazar period. The man had a medium-large cranial length of 187 mm, a narrow cranial width of 131 mm, and a medium cheekbone width of 131 mm.
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Facial reconstruction of a 10,000-year-old EHG from Sidelkino, Samara. She belonged to the "Ancient Uraloid" type, defined by Viktor Bunak as a group with both West and East Eurasian features, yet developed independently of either.
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Height and weight estimations for m/f Sapalli, Kokcha, Kara Depe, Geoksiur, Harappa, Altai Afanasievo, Minusinsk Andronovo, Volga Srubnaya (in that order) using the Debets and Pearson formulas. Note that the height for Harappa was likely not calculated using the tropical formula.
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Facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age man from Sapalli Tepe, Uzbekistan. Bronze Age inhabitants of Sapalli Tepe were genetically BMAC-like. Their crania were of average to gracile build, with an average length of 188 mm, width of 136 mm, and cheekbone breadth of 130 mm.
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Facial reconstruction of an LBA Karasuk man from Minusinsk, Siberia. The Iranic Karasuk culture was one of the primary genetic contributors to what would later become the Scythians. Their skulls were robust, averaging 183 mm in length, 147 mm in width, and 140 mm in cheek width.
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Facial Reconstruction of a 2,500-Year-Old Scythian woman from Dogehe-Baary II, Tuva. On average, the female individuals at the burial had a cranial length of 180 mm, cranial width of 140 mm, and a cheek breadth of 125 mm.
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RT @AdarHoshang: In the following, I will present the origins of all fully sequenced Y-700 Kurdish J1 samples we currently have in our data….
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RT @InterspeciesFa1: Facial Approximation based on Atapuerca 5, a Homo heidelbergensis, or primitive neanderthal, man from Sima de los Hues….
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Facial reconstruction of an early Neolithic forager from the Vasilievka 2 burial in Ukraine. The culture, with its likely roots in the Middle Danube, was characterized by robusticity. This man’s dry bone facial breadth was 165mm—almost 4cm wider than the modern European average.
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