Unearthed Mystery: The Stunning Face of a 10,500-Year-Old Stone Age Woman from Belgium Revealed
Who knew Stone Age humans were already rocking a diverse palette of skin tones long before Instagram filters even existed? Imagine the scene: a 10,500-year-old woman buried in Belgium’s Margaux cave, sporting dark hair and piercing blue eyes—classic, right? But hold the phone—her skin was a tad lighter than her contemporaries’, turning the scientific world on its head and cracking open the idea that prehistoric Europeans weren’t all carbon copies. Talk about breaking the mold! This little twist in her DNA saga doesn’t just redefine ancient aesthetic norms; it sparks fresh questions about how migration, diet, and even climate played Picasso with human skin color way before farming got the spotlight. So, just how colorful was the human canvas back in the day? Dive into the mystery and meet the Mesolithic muse who’s changing history’s complexion one gene at a time. LEARN MORE
The woman had lighter skin than other hunter-gatherers who lived in Western Europe at the time, revealing that Stone Age humans in the area had a wider range of skin tones than scientists previously believed.
Kennis and Kennis Reconstructions/Ghent UniversityThe Stone Age woman had dark hair and blue eyes.
In 1988, excavations at Belgium’s Margaux cave revealed the burial of several Stone Age women. Now, a study of one woman’s DNA has helped artists produce a facial reconstruction to show what she looked like.
Like other ancient humans previously uncovered in Europe, the Stone Age woman had dark hair and blue eyes. However, her skin tone had a “subtle but important” difference.
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