'Oldest Briton' had dark skin, blue eyes
By Earle Gale in London | China Daily | Updated: 2018-02-09 08:51
New research suggests ancient Britons had dark-brown or black skin, dark wavy hair and blue eyes.
The surprising details emerged from a project involving specialists from London's Natural History Museum and University College London who extracted DNA from a 10,000-year-old skeleton that was found in 1903 and named Cheddar Man.
Professor Chris Stringer, the museum's lead researcher into human origins, was delighted with the findings.
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