Scientists reconstruct the face of 9,000-Year-Old ’Angry’ girl who lived in Mesolithic era

The last time anyone looked on Dawn’s face was 9,000 years ago. Now the teenager can be seen again, after scientists reconstructed her face to show what people looked like in the Mesolithic period, around 7,000 BC. And, according to the experts, this included more ’masculine features’ – for both men and women. It’s thought that Dawn (known as Avgi, in Greek) was around 15-18 years old when she died. ’Avgi has very unique, not especially female, skull and features,’ Swedish archaeologist and sculptor Oscar Nilsson explained, according to National Geographic. The sculptor has previously brought several ancient humans back to ’life’ through stunning reconstructions, including an 11-year-old Athenian girl named Myrtis. But, unlike Myrtis, some of Dawn’s features are strikingly different than those common today. ’Having reconstructed a lot of Stone Age women and men, I think some facial features seem to have disappeared or &qu
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