Evolution & Human Origins

Verdict: Established: The Nazlet Khater 2 skeleton was excavated in 1980 near Sohag, Upper Egypt, and dates to the Upper Paleolithic, about 33,000 years ago. Established: A facial approximation by Moraes and Santos was published in 2023 with a documented method. Whether it shows what he actually looked like is not established. The authors call the color version partly speculative. Unverified: The viral image as a scientific facial reconstruction of Nazlet Khater 2. No method, data or author has been published. A smiling Stone Age face posted on X on October 19, 2026, and captioned as a 37,000-year-old man from North Africa had drawn about 2.6 million views by October 21, by the post's count. Yet it carries a commercial