Ancient Europeans
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AI/Photobash recons based on skulls, grave goods, and imagination. Hair/eye/skin tones may be incorrect due to a lack of information. Images are free to use
Cheddar Man: 2018 vs. 2025 Reconstructions Cheddar Man, a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer from Gough’s Cave, England (11,000 ybp), has been brought to life through facial reconstructions that reveal evolving interpretations of his appearance. The 2018 reconstruction (left), by UCL…
Final update Female from the Oberkassel double burial. Beuel, Germany. c.14,000 ybp. Age 20-25. Early Western Hunter-Gatherer. Early WHG from the Oberkassel double burial. Finds include a hairpin carved to represent a bear and a carved moose. Her facial morphology gave her…
Loschbour Man Western Hunter Gatherer Mesolithic Luxembourg c.8,000ybp Age: 30’s Loschbour Man is an 8,000-year-old skeleton discovered in a rock shelter in Mullerthal, Luxembourg, representing one of the best-preserved examples of a Western Hunter-Gatherer (WHG) from the…
Artistic reconstruction I created of a Bell Beaker man from Western Germany. Source of skull image I referenced: Source of image: Grasgruber, P. The evolution of European cranial morphology: From the Upper Paleolithic to the Late Eneolithic steppe invasions. Archaeol Anthropol…
The Upton Lovell G2a Barrow Early Bronze Age Wiltshire, England c.3,800ybp The Upton Lovell G2a barrow, a remarkable Early Bronze Age burial site in Wiltshire, England, reveals the intertwined stories of two individuals—a man, possibly a shaman or metalworker, and a…
Groß Fredenwalde male Brandenburg, Germany Mesolithic WHG c.6,900 ybp Age:25-39 #WHG #Westernhuntergatherer #ancestors #ancienteuropeans #mesolithic The male buried at Groß Fredenwalde, dated to circa 6900ybp, was about 25 years old and showed evidence of gum disease,…
Verdovice burial 22/76 Neolithic Verdovice, Moravia LBK Culture c.7,250-6,950ybp Age: 35-45 This individual was part of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture, one of the first farming communities in Neolithic Europe. Living in the region of present-day Moravia for over 200…
Groß Fredenwalde Female. Brandenburg, Germany Mesolithic WHG. c. 8,400-6,900 ybp The female from the Groß Fredenwalde burial site, one of the oldest and largest Mesolithic cemeteries in North-central Europe, was estimated to be between 40-49 years old at the time of her…
Here’s what our noble class does for fun. Imagine if they had as much stomach for defending the realm. Fat chance. Silly traditions for silly people.
Bichon Man. Grotte du Bichon, Switzerland. Male aged 20-23. Late Upper Paleolithic to early Mesolithic. c.13,770–13,560 ybp. Bichon Man is a significant archaeological find from the Bichon Cave in the Swiss Jura, offering crucial insights into the Mesolithic era in Europe.…
Pepita of the Nerja Cave Mesolithic Spain c.10,000ybp The Nerja Cave, located in Maro near Nerja, Spain, is a geological marvel and a significant archaeological site, stretching nearly 5 kilometers and renowned for its massive stalactites and ancient human history. Among its…
For 8 years it has been believed that Mesolithic Europeans (WHG), such as Cheddar man, were dark skinned because they lack certain genes associated with depigmentation in modern Europeans. However Genos Historia points out that rs12203592>T is another light skin marker that was…
Just an Ainu man with an immense amount of body hair.
La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 Neanderthal Middle Paleolithic France c.60,000ybp La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1, known as "The Old Man," is a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton (Homo neanderthalensis) discovered in 1908 in La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France, by A. and J. Bouyssonie and L.…
Less bullfighting and more Calcio Storico. youtu.be/1_bMrTysuJs