Researchers reconstruct face of 9,000-yr-old teenager

A group of researchers including an endocrinologist, orthopedist, neurologist, pathologist, and radiologist have done the unthinkable by reconstructing the face of a female skull excavated from a cave occupied in 7,000 B.C.

The 18-year-old woman, whom researchers named Avgi, or ‘Dawn,’ was last seen by anyone nearly 9,000 years ago.

When she lived in Greece, at the end of the Mesolithic period around 7000 B.C., the region was transitioning from a society of hunter gatherers to one that began cultivating its own food.

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In English, Avgi translates to Dawn—a name archaeologists chose because she lived during what’s considered the dawn of civilization.

Little is known about how she lived and died, but now archaeologists can see the ancient woman’s prominent cheekbones, heavy brow, and dimpled chin.

Avgi’s face was revealed by University of Athens researchers at an event at the Acropolis Museum on Friday.

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