The present study introduces a new approach for estimating the coordinates of missing landmarks, termed the Reverse Engineering (RE) approach. This method establishes mathematical relationships between morphological patterns observed in complete reference specimens and those preserved in reduced portions of each bone, allowing missing regions to be inferred from patterns of covariation rather than local geometric proximity. We demonstrate that the RE approach performs consistently across a range of reconstruction scenarios, including cases where substantial portions of bone are missing, and in empirical applications to Neanderthal femoral and humeral specimens. Importantly, reconstructed specimens retain morphological signal in subsequent morphometric analyses, regardless of the extent of missing data.