UK: 10,000-year-old skeleton DNA reveals black-eyed, blue-eyed man
The results of DNA research
carried out by University College London scientists on a 10,000-year-old
skeleton shows that the man he belonged to had "dark to black" skin
and blue eyes.
A team of scientists from
University College London (UCL) and the Natural History Museum in London
have managed to establish that "Cheddar Man", a man who lived in the
south of England today 10,000 years ago, had dark-to-black skin, dark curly
hair and blue eyes.
This detailed description was
made possible by DNA research carried out on an entire skeleton found in 1903
in Gough Cave, at Cheddar Gorge (hence its name "Cheddar man"), in
Somerset (southwestern Ontario). 'England).
A bust of this British ancestor
was reconstructed by two Dutch artists thanks to a 3D printing and the
information given by its DNA, particularly well-preserved thanks to the cold
and limestone rock of the Gough cave.
The final result represents,
with a level of detail never reached, a man with dark skin, high cheekbones and
rough hair.
According to the authors of the
research, nearly 10% of the British could today descend from the
hunter-gatherer family to which belonged "Cheddar man".
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