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[Previous entry: "Winamp does Internet TV."] [Main Index] [Next entry: "New Scientist article on homebots."] 05/26/2005 Entry: "Amazing reconstruction of 20-year old Neaderthal woman." Amazing reconstruction of 20-year old Neaderthal woman. Sans-skin here, finished product here. Financed mostly by local authorities, the centre has been built at the site of a dig where in 1979 archaeologists uncovered the skeleton of a 20-year-old Neanderthal woman they dubbed "Pierrette." Her remains shook up contemporary knowledge of Neanderthals, teasing out the notion that this enigmatic hominid species may have been smarter and socially more organized than anyone thought. Conceived as a veritable time-machine, the centre will allow visitors to follow the life of Pierrette and her clan, said Allan Smith, a New Zealander who organized the special effects. "We'll be showing a scientific account of the life of Pierrette and her clan which at the same time is a personal account," he said. See also: Half-baked but interesting theory that economics may have helped kill off the Neaderthals. See also: Wikipedia entry on Neaderthals. Worth skimming.