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Reconstruction Gives Stonehenge Man a Face

Forensic analysis has revived the features of a prehistoric skull buried near the iconic Stonehenge monument. 
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Scientists have reconstructed the face of Stonehenge Man, the 5,500-year-old skeleton that was discovered in the 1860s near Stonehenge.

See the reconstruction here:

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