Extraordinary.....

[jackthehat]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5358699/First-Brit-dark-skinned-blue-eyed.html

Isn't it fascinating just what modern scientific breakthroughs can tell us about our long dead ancestors?

[Gromit]

Cheddar Man arrived 10,000 years ago from Africa, and instantly had two disappointments.

Firstly the Cheese shop was shut. And the DHSS would be invented for another 9,950 years.

[Old_Geezer]

I'd expect there is a lot of artist's impression going on. Bone structure is one thing, the rest is surely less certain.

[sp1814]

JTH

Oh this is hilarious.

(Grabs a bag of popcorn, and immediately pages down to the Comments section).

[ummmm]

OG...they have the DNA.

[jno]

you'd soon lose your tan living in those caves.

[jim360]

A revelation more devastating than learning that "Purebloods forever" Voldemort had a Muggle Dad :(

[Mamyalynne]

You're right, it is fascinating - such strides in what can be discovered now.

[erik2]

Richard the 3rd ? how did they know he had a cast in one eye ? lol
just looks odd to me and as old geezer says most is guess work

[jim360]

"As OG, who didn't perform the study and (it seems) barely read the article says, the experts who performed painstaking DNA analysis using state-of-the-art techniques over a period of several months are probably just winging it."

[anotheoldgit]

DNA = Department for Native Africans.

[Islay]

Oh this is fantastic - imagine how much this must stick in some people's throats!!
Imagine - we are related to people with coloured skin! lol

[ummmm]

Oh....hello

[Mamyalynne]

First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man will air on Channel 4 on 18 February.

One to watch, love documentaries like these.

[Lie-in King]

Fascinating indeed - ta for the prog info Mamya, I'll be watching.

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

/// Imagine - we are related to people with coloured skin! lol ///

For your information we all have 'coloured' skin.

But if you meant black skin, you do known that we don't now refer to them as being coloured.

[Mamyalynne]

Do you like documentaries AOG?

[Mamyalynne]

Dinosaur Autopsy was a good one I watched recently.

[anotheoldgit]

Incidentally how do they know that he was the first Brit, there may be earlier ones, yet undiscovered.

[Islay]

Funny - thats how I refer to them and my coloured friends have expressed a preference to being called coloured.
Now run along and find another person to snipe at!