Scientists Reveal How Earliest Man Looked Like 300,000 Years Ago

Scientists have revealed what the face of the earliest man looked like, he is believed to have lived around 300,000 years ago. The face was carefully reconstructed by scientists.

Image of earliest Man. Photo. Cicero Moraes

This achievement was made possible using a skull discovered in Morocco in 2017, which was missing its lower jaw. Researchers digitally scanned the cranium and layered it with soft tissue and skin to produce a life-like image of a man described as ‘strong and serene.’

The skull used was found at the archaeological site of Jebel Irhoud in Morocco and was reconstructed by Brazilian graphics expert Cicero Moraes using data provided by researchers at the Max Planck Institute.

The process involved 3D scanning of the skull and modern human tomography to approximate the facial features. The final face is a blend of detailed anatomical data and artistic interpretation.

The discovery challenges previous assumptions about the timeline of Homo sapiens’ appearance and migration. It suggests that species have appeared some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought and began migrating out of Africa sooner than earlier evidence had indicated.

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Despite the advanced reconstruction techniques, the gender of the individual remains unknown due to the absence of pelvic bones. Before this discovery, the oldest known homo sapien fossils were dated to 195,000 years ago and were found in Ethiopia.

The study was led by Professor Jean-Jacques Hublin, and the study suggested a wider population of Homo sapiens within Africa around 300,000 years ago, long before the known out-of-Africa migration.