http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/wilma http://jezebel.com/tag/wilma Remember our old friend Wilma, the Neanderthal? You may have noticed that she preferred a more natural look in her National Geographic photoshoot, but like any newly-minted celebrity she had to take a trip down Project Runway's design challenge lane to score some new digs. The "Pop Omnivore" blog at National Geographic asked Blayne, Joe, and Terri from Season 5 and Jonathan from Season 3 to sketch up some new costumes using only materials available during her time (i.e., a lot of animal skins). The results? A Lion King: The Musical reject costume from Blayne and a Park Slope Mom sweater wrap from Joe, and those are the good ones. What does a Neanderthal have to do to get some nice clothes around here? [National Geographic]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5059994&view=rss&microfeed=true Want to look into the eyes of our female ancestors? Meet Wilma, the first model of a Neanderthal based on DNA evidence and created by artists and scientists for the October issue of National Geographic. Wilma's creators used replicas of pelvis and skull bones from Neanderthal females as well as re-sized copies of male bones to create a replica skeleton. Wilma was also given red hair and pale skin to fit with recent findings that some Neanderthals were of the ginger variety (she was named after the redheaded Flintstones character). [Daily Mail & chiKa project]

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