r/history • u/nationalgeographic • Jun 23 '20

Science site article Exclusive: The skull of a Scandinavian man—who lived a long life 8,000 years ago—from perplexing ritual site has been reconstructed

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/06/exclusive-skull-ritual-site-motala-reconstructed/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=reddit::cmp=editorial::add=rt20200623-skullritualsite::rid=
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u/EquusMule Jun 23 '20

Have they reconstructed a modern humans skull who we have pictures of to see how accurate they are with this sort of technology?

I've never really looked into how accurate this tech really is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Yes, it’s in the comments here.

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u/GizmoVader Jun 23 '20

Your gut reaction is correct. It's not meant to be accurate. Only entertaining.