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

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

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"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