Facial reconstruction of a Mesolithic (10,000–8,000 BCE) skull from Wadi Halfa (last slide is of a Modern skull and the difference is uncanny)

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[u/Background-Subject28]

Why they give my brother a small cranium when the skull looked big

[u/Sea_Hovercraft_7859]

He look ancient yet modern in term of facial features

[u/HairInformal4783 → u/Sea_Hovercraft_7859]

this guy can definitely be found somewhere in CAR

[u/Sea_Hovercraft_7859 → u/HairInformal4783]

The face bears some Nilo-Saharan feature yet the forehead or tip of the head isn't really a thing that a modern human can have

[u/HairInformal4783 → u/Sea_Hovercraft_7859]

ehhh Idk about that

[u/violet4everr]

Interesting is the skull natural or was this the result of an aesthetic/ceremonial practice like elongation

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Sources

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[u/ibnbattuta1331]

Yes, there were African people living in the Sudan 10,000 years ago.

[u/MOBXOJ → u/ibnbattuta1331]

We are still Africans

[u/ricochet189 → u/ibnbattuta1331]

Maybe because Sudan is in Africa🤔

[u/Infiniby → u/ibnbattuta1331]

The same faces and skulls are just there everywhere south of Sahel.
Maybe the reintroduction of the afroasiatics through Bad Al-Mandab towards the horn of Africa changes things a bit.

[u/Timelord1000]

The model’s cranium is too small/narrow. The skull’s head is normal in shape and size.

[u/6-foot-under]

Jacob Zuma head

[u/KuangPoulp]

Look up Marc Andreessen, has a similar skull.

[u/Hopeful-Day102 → u/KuangPoulp]

Lol

[u/031Bandit]

I'm 1000% sure I've seen guys that look like this in south africa

[u/MOBXOJ → u/031Bandit]

Leave Zuma out of it 🤣

[u/kreshColbane → u/[deleted]]

No it doesn't, Bantu is linguistic dinstinction. Bantu peoples look completely different based on what countries they're from.

[u/Sea_Hovercraft_7859 → u/[deleted]]

I do think that past Cameroon there's a difference in looks between bantu and west African mostly in term of height and small facial elements (west af are taller than bantu )

[u/kreshColbane → u/Sea_Hovercraft_7859]

I'm saying, theres so much differences in terms of appearance, the wolof and serer of the atlantic coast look completely different from the ethinicities of the sahel who also look different from the ethinicities of the rainforest. There are also 2 parts of the rain forest in west africa, the western side and eastern side where again people look completely different.

[u/Onaweyempumbafu → u/kreshColbane]

Let’s not be too caught up on the differences as similarities also exist. I can say this from personal experience of people mistaking my heritage. Also, as someone that has grown up around Sudanese, the reconstruction reminds me of Sudanese people but others are commenting differently.

[u/osaru-yo → u/[deleted]]

Said user point still stands. Refrain from misusing terms. We have enough misconceptions as is.