See ‘hyperrealistic’ Reconstructions of 2 Stone Age sisters

Stone Age sisters
The sisters lived to be 30 to 40 years old, despite a life of hard labor and injuries. (Image credit: Vaníčková et al. 2025)

Researchers have unveiled two “hyperrealistic” reconstructions of adult sisters who lived and worked in a brutal mining community in what is now the Czech Republic more than 6,000 years ago.

The stunning, 3D reconstructions are based on a new analysis of the sisters’ remains, which were unearthed from mine in the South Moravian region. New evidence suggests the sisters worked in the mine, extracting heavy rocks for tools and weapons.

The sisters were buried one on top of the other in a mining shaft.

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