Krass, wenn Du weißt, wer vor 9.000 Jahren dein Vorfahr war #CheddarMan

https://borncity.eu/senioren/2025/10/10/cheddar-man-krass-wenn-du-weisst-wer-ein-vorfahre-vor-9-000-jahren-war/

Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago.

Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of people living in Europe much later than assumed.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250213-most-europeans-may-have-had-dark-skin-until-less-than-3000-years-ago?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Europe #DNA #Genomes #SkinColour #SkinColor #CheddarMan #Palaeolithic #Neanderthals #HomoSapiens #Humans #Science

"Adrian Targett visited the home of a close relative yesterday. He had to put on Wellington boots because the floor is muddy. The relative was not in. Hardly surprising: he died 9,000 years ago."

#Ancestry #CheddarMan #Cheddar #NoNotCheese

The family link that reaches back 300 generations to a Cheddar cave | The Independent https://archive.vn/bpd51

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and oh yeah - he was dark skinned
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How Cheddar Man shatters accepted views of immigration

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/02/09/how-cheddar-man-shatters-accepted-views-of-immigration.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2161867-ancient-dark-skinned-briton-cheddar-man-find-may-not-be-true/

The first person to inhabit England was a black person. You can always quote this scientific research as credible evidence to fight the racists. #cheddarman, #blacklivesmatter

I thought it might be useful to look at Cheddar Man as it appears so often in #archaeological groups and is like catnip for the far right & white supremacists.

Cheddar man was found in Gough’s Cave, #Somerset in 1903 & dates to the #Mesolithic, some 10,000 years ago. Advances in #aDNA meant his skeleton was tested. There was also a bust being made for a TV prog, which used standard techniques to reconstruct his profile + physical features.

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#Archaeology #Prehistory #CheddarMan