Meet Vistegutten: Scientists reconstruct the face of a 'lonely' cave boy who died in Norway 8,300 years ago
Meet Vistegutten: Scientists reconstruct the face of a 'lonely' cave boy who died in Norway 8,300 years ago A 'lonely' cave boy who died 8,300 years ago in Norway stares at us through the millennia after his features were reconstructed by scientists. Vistegutten – Norwegian for 'the boy from Viste' – was found in 1907, alone in a stone age cave in Randaberg municipality, western Norway. Now his face can be seen for the first time since the Mesolithic, after a 3D copy of his skull was used to rebuild his features. Swedish forensic artist, Oscar Nilsson, completed the work by plotting the depth of the boy's skin at 32 'anatomical landmarks' on the skull. He said: 'These 32 measurements are transferred to pegs that I cut to an exact length, and I glue them to the copy of the skull at the specific anatomical points. 'They reflect the approximate tissue depth, customised to the individual. After this, I start reconstructing the face using a ...