Cheddar Man, first modern Briton, had dark skin and blue eyes

[RadishRose]

[h=1]Cheddar Man and his relatives are responsible for roughly 10 percent of the genome of modern Britain's indigenous population.
[/h] By Brooks Hays | Feb. 7, 2018 at 9:31 AM

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- New analysis of DNA sampled from Cheddar Man, Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, suggests the early Briton had "dark to black" skin pigmentation and blue eyes.


Cheddar Man is the oldest Briton to have their genome sequenced. The work was performed by a team of geneticists and research scientists with the University College London and Natural History Museum Human Evolution.

The research effort will be detailed in a new documentary, First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man, to debut on Britain's Channel 4.

for more.....https://www.upi.com/Science_News/20...on-had-dark-skin-and-blue-eyes/3111518009216/

 

[Warrigal]

Fascinating discovery.

 

[RadishRose]

Fascinating discovery.

Isn't it? I love this stuff!


Here's another blurb-
"In 1997, CNN reported that a man who lived in Cheddar village learned he was a direct descendant of Cheddar Man as scientists compared DNA from the two and found it to be a match."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/europe/cheddar-man-had-dark-skin-intl/index.html

 

[ProsperosDaughter]

I too am fascinated by stories of this type. Thank you

 

[Linda W.]

This new technology they've got is great!

 

[Manatee]

Who were the people in Britain that painted themselves blue?

 

[hollydolly]

Blue eyes?...that's interesting....could it have been Jesus?


Seriously... history is ever evolving and also revealing....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/peoples_01.shtml

 

[RadishRose]

Blue eyes?...that's interesting....could it have been Jesus?


Seriously... history is ever evolving and also revealing....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/peoples_01.shtml

I read about half of this. need to get back...from what I read so far-

"Britain has always absorbed invaders and been home to multiple peoples ©"

 

[RadishRose]

Who were the people in Britain that painted themselves blue?

I think it was Scotland but I did find this-
"
Woad has a long association with East Anglia, the land of the Iceni tribe and of its famous leader Boudicca (photo courtesy of Joanna Richards).

Manda Scott in her four-book series on Boudicca has the Iceni using woad on their bodies before going to battle. Woad is a well-known antiseptic and it may have been used to help heal battle wounds. "

http://www.woad.org.uk/html/britain.html(my dog is named Boudica but I don't put blue woad on her layful

 

[SifuPhil]

In a related story, it has been announced that Velveeta Man was discovered in an empty lot in Beijing, China, Parmesan Man in the storeroom of a trattoria in Verona, Italy, and Limburger Man was found in downtown Passaic, NJ.

 

[RadishRose]

I also heard that Roquefort Man left traces of himself in the caves of France.