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The Art Archive/Musee de Prehistoire les Eyzies-de-Tayac/Dagli Orti

The high rounded cranium, steep forehead and prominent chin of this 50-year-old man’s skull, recovered from the cave of Cro-Magnon, are those of a fully modern human being. The man’s pitted facial bones are the result of a fungal infection that probably caused his death.