The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo exhibits reconstructed face model of Paleolithic era person
A reconstructed model of male human bones from 27,000 years ago exhibited at the National Museum of Nature and Science
April 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
How did a person from the Paleolithic era 27,000 years ago look?
On April 20 at 9:30 a.m., the Okinawa Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center announced that the work of restoring the face from a skull found at Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins has been completed.
The reconstructed face model was released at the exhibition “The Paleolithic Era of Okinawa is Hot!” which began at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno, Tokyo on the 20th.
An archeological survey conducted in 2012-2016 found over a thousand bones from the Paleolithic era at the same site. The ruin was noted for “the first domestic Paleolithic cemetery” and “the oldest whole-body skeleton in the country.” These findings were exhibited at the Okinawa Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center last May, and many visitors gathered to see them.
Three-dimensional digital restoration techniques were used on these bones. Researchers scientifically examined the muscle, skin, and hair of the skull from 27,000 years ago, which is the oldest among these discoveries, and reconstructed a face.
From April 20 to May 27, the Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center is exhibiting photographs of a cranial model made by the three-dimensional digital construction of acrylic resin, and a reconstructed face model. For inquiries, please contact the Prefectural Buried Cultural Property Center at 098 (835) 8751.
(English translation by T&CT and Megumi Chibana)
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