Yesterday it went on display to the public at the Museum of Liverpool Life.
Dr Caroline Williamson, who led the reconstruction team at the University of Manchester, said: "It's fascinating to be able to put a face to a piece of history.
"The face of Leasowe Man is very striking.
"We created a replica skull from laser images and then began to build up the muscles one by one before putting the skin layer on.
"We all have the same muscles so we know the points of origin of them.
"It's the skull shape that makes faces different. From all the research that has been carried out, we can work out the length of the nose and the position of the eyeballs.
"What we have more difficulty with is the shape of the ears and the upper lip.
"His skin tone and hair colour were worked out by the archaeologists, using their knowledge of what would be most likely at the time of his death.
"The model itself was made out of clay and took about two days to complete. It's been a very exciting project."
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