Scots managed to create a fascinating model of a dog from the past
The fact that the dogs' skulls have been found in a common tomb with human affirms their exceptional relationship with man. Orkney are islands in the north of Scotland. Already more than a hundred years ago in the mound Cuween Hill discovered significant remains of people, but also their dogs in one place.
But today's technology provides opportunities that scientists didn't even dream of at the time. And so was the first reconstruction of the dog face from the Neolithic period. “Just as today's pets are valued, dogs in the Neolithic period also held an important place. They bred them and trained them as pets and guards, and maybe even used by sheep farmers, ”said Steve Farrar of Historic Environment Scotland, who ordered face reconstruction. The canine skull, which is currently part of the Scottish National Museum, was subjected to a CT scan by staff at the University of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh. As a result, there was a basis for another team that took care of 3D head printing. The skull then spilled into the silicone and wandered into the hands of the forensic artist Amy Thornton, who worked the same way as a human skull in front of her to create a realistic head model. Gradually the skull was completed by muscles, skin and "hair". These were designed by experts to resemble a European gray wolf. In the tomb, a total of 24 dog skulls were discovered that were buried in a ritual manner. The reconstruction of the Neolithic remains is nothing new. However, so far it has always been the reconstruction of human remains. To this day, we had no idea what animals looked like a few thousand years ago. Scientists predict that the Neolithic dog was larger in size.
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