Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant with a new nose, chin and mouth, in an operation on Nov. 27, 2005, addresses reporters on February 6, 2006, during her first press conference since the transplant. Associated Press

A stranger’s face? The unresolved questions of face transplantation 20 years on

Twenty years after the first face transplant, the procedure still carries profound unknowns about safety, identity and what it means to live in a stranger’s face.
A cabeça recriada de Shanidar Z, feita pelos irmãos Kennis para o documentário da Netflix “Secrets of the Neanderthals” (Segredos dos Neandertais), com base em escaneamentos em 3D do crânio reconstruído. BBC Studios/Jamie Simonds

A reconstrução do rosto de uma neandertal de 75.000 anos faz com que ela pareça bastante amigável ‑ há um problema com isso

Os cientistas ainda não sabem como os tecidos moles se sobrepõem aos ossos, portanto, essa reconstrução é inevitavelmente baseada em uma licença artística.
La cabeza de Shanidar Z, realizada por los hermanos Kennis para el documental de Netflix ‘Secretos de los neandertales’, a partir de escaneos 3D del cráneo reconstruido. BBC Studios/Jamie Simonds

La reconstrucción del rostro de una mujer neandertal de hace 75 000 años la hace parecer simpática, pero hay un problema en su idealización

Los científicos aún no pueden determinar cómo se superponen los tejidos blandos a los huesos, por lo que esta reconstrucción de la mujer neandertal Shanidar Z se basa inevitablemente en licencias artísticas.
The recreated head of Shanidar Z, made by the Kennis brothers for the Netflix documentary ‘Secrets of the Neanderthals’ based on 3D scans of the reconstructed skull. BBC Studios/Jamie Simonds

The reconstruction of a 75,000‑year‑old Neanderthal woman’s face makes her look quite friendly – there’s a problem with that

Scientists can’t yet tell how soft tissue overlayed bones, so this reconstruction is inevitably based on artistic licence.

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