Scientists managed to recreate the appearance of a teenage boy who lived on the territory of modern Norway 8300 years ago. Now the figure of the boy appeared in the exposition of the museum of the city of Nerbe, reports Live Science.

The boy was distinguished by a deformed skull and short stature.. He probably fished on the coast of Norway.

It is noted that the reconstruction of the appearance of the boy took several months.. His remains were found as early as 1907 in a cave on the west coast of Norway..

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Scientists estimate the boy's age at 15. He was short: 1.25 meters, which is small for his age even for those times.. The condition, known as scaphocephaly, meant that his skull fused too early, causing his head to grow back instead of sideways.. Scientists believe he died alone as his remains were found leaning against a cave wall..

“Either he was placed in this position after death, or he actually died in this position. This can give the impression of a lonely boy, waiting in vain for his friends and family to appear... but we do not know anything about how he died, ”said Oskar Nilsson, a forensic expert from Sweden who worked on the reconstruction of the image of the boy..

Scaphocephaly occurs when the sagittal suture on the top of the skull fuses too early, giving the skull a ribbed appearance.. But " Although the boy's unusual skull and short stature gave him an unusual appearance, the analysis showed that he was full and healthy..

According to Denham, this is also indicated by a large number of animal remains found near the remains of the boy.. In a cave nine meters deep and five meters wide, they found " Scientists believe that this indicates that ancient people "

In order to reconstruct the boy's appearance, scientists made a CT scan of his skull, which made it possible to make a 3D reconstruction of him.. In order to recreate the face of a teenager, Nilsson used data from the faces of modern 15-year-olds in Norway..

According to the scientist, the boy's forehead was " Most likely, this was due to scaphocephaly. The teenager had a rather narrow bridge of the nose, but the nose was wide at the bottom..

Previously, scientists managed to recreate the appearance of a woman who lived 31 thousand years ago on the territory of modern Europe. Initially, the researchers identified the remains of a woman as male, but in the course of a new study, scientists have identified an error..