This is the first three-dimensional restoration of a Neanderthal skull fossil. The eight-year-old boy was buried in a ritual fashion when he died more than 30,000 years ago.
A joint China-Russia archaeological cooperation project has made great advances by using 3D portrait restoration technology to successfully restore the appearance of an 8- or 9-year-old Neanderthal boy who lived around 300,000-40,000 years ago.