Grandmother of the Uruguayans

Grandmother of the Uruguayans
Face reconstruction of the indigenous person nicknamed Grandmother of the Uruguayans.
BornUnknown date
Unknown place
Died5th century
Body discoveredRocha Department, Uruguay
Known forBeing one of the earliest humans so far identified, who lived in what is today Uruguay.

The Grandmother of the Uruguayans (Spanish: Abuela de los uruguayos), as she is known because there is no record of her name, was a South American indigenous woman deceased approximately since at least 1600 years ago counted backwards from 2012, whose skeleton is the oldest one that has been found so far in the territory of what is nowadays known as Uruguay. In 2018, an approximate digital facial reconstruction from her skull was made.


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