@ancestralwhispersdotorg: Facial reconstruction of a 3,800-year-old Andronovo man from Kazakhstan The Andronovo culture was an Indo-European culture related to the Sintashta culture - ancestors of the Indo-Iranics. This individual came from Kirgilda, a site near the border between Russia and Kazakhstan, located 25 km directly south of the Russian town of Orsk. The Andronovo cranial series were characterized by increased robusticity compared to the Sintashtans and their ancestors, the Fatyanovans. They exhibited an average cranial length of 187 mm, cranial width of 145 mm, and cheekbone width of 147 mm. #phenotype #ancientdna #anthropology #skull #indoeuropean #sintashta #andronovo