Fossil Skulls Assembled to Recreate Faces of Our 7-Million-Year Old Ancestors

Salhelanthropus tchadensis dates to a time before humans and chimpanzees, our closest evolutionary cousins, became genetically separate.

"Using forensic anthropological methods, the various hominids were recreated not as characteristic ideals, but as individuals," said the museum.

"Each one tells its own story: where they lived, what they ate, their likely cause of death and much more," it stated.

A skull of Australopithecus africanus found in South Africa was used to rebuild a face of an ancestor who lived around two million years ago, known as Plesianthropus transvaalensis.

Some of the oldest spears ever found are also on display - dating back 400,000 years.

Source: ANI