The facial architecture — the relationship between the upper and lower face, the configuration of the zygomatic arches, the shape of the mandible — is modern in its general features, though Upper Paleolithic modern humans generally show somewhat greater robusticity in some dimensions than their living descendants.

There appears to have been selection toward gracility in the modern human lineage since the Upper Paleolithic, possibly related to changes in diet and associated masticatory demands.

The skull’s preservation is incomplete.

Some parts are fragmentary or missing, and the reconstruction of the cranium required careful virtual assembly of the existing pieces.

This incompleteness introduces additional uncertainty into any facial reconstruction: areas where the skull surface is uncertain must be estimated before the reconstruction can proceed, and different reconstructors might make different choices about how to complete the skull prior to reconstructing the face.

This point about skull completion is more significant than it might initially seem.