Science Visualized Anthropology

How to reconstruct the face of an extinct human ancestor

Computer modeler brings Paranthropus boisei to life

Parathrapus boisei

3-D designer Cícero Moraes reconstructed the visage  of a distant human relative named Parathrapus boisei.

3-D: C. Moraes; Skull photo: Moacir Elias Santos

By Erin Wayman

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