Shanidar Z — The 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Woman Whose Crushed Skull Was Rebuilt From More Than 200 Pieces

They were dealing with a mostly complete Neanderthal skull.

Crushed.

Flattened.

Scattered across an area of about half a meter.

But present.

She was designated Shanidar Z.

The Problem: More Than 200 Fragments

Understanding why the skull mattered requires understanding what had happened to it.