My BA-project is based on a 3-D-scan of a Neanderthal skull, which I received from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany). It is the skull of an approximately 13-year-old boy of Teshik-Tash (Usbekistan). First I worked with conventional reconstruction technics then transferred them by means of the 3-D computer program ‘Cinema 4D’ into a digital form. I designed the boy of Teshik-Tash with a yawning face in order to establish a direct connection between the neandertal and the Homo sapiens. Yawning seems to be contagious with both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. In addition to the reconstruction, which was printed out with a 3-D printer, a few renderings and aquarelles were made. The final result was a sculpture of actual size, which is now on permanent exhibition in the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann/Düsseldorf (Germany).
This work was a collaboration with:
Neanderthal Museum and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.