WHAT DID A PREVIOUS RECONSTRUCTION OF CHEDDAR MAN SHOW? - News Techcology

WHAT DID A PREVIOUS RECONSTRUCTION OF CHEDDAR MAN SHOW? - News Techcology
Cheddar Man’s bones caused a sensation when they were unearthed in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset in 1903.For more than 100 years, scientists have tried to reveal Cheddar Man’s story, posing theories as to what he looked like, where he came from and what he can tell us about our earliest ancestors.A reconstruction of Cheddar Man, who died 10,000 years ago, in 1998 by the University of Manchester depicted him with white skin.At the time, DNA tests were not available.The older model, pictured, also had brown eyes – not blue – as well as straighter and lighter hair than the latest reconstruction.Cutting-edge DNA and facial reconstruction techniques revealed in February 2017 that there was a 76 per cent chance that Cheddar Man's skin was ‘dark to black’ by modern standards.The discovery that the first model was so far off the mark came as a great surprise to academics and historians.Dr Rick Schulting, associate professor of archaeology at Oxford University, said: ‘It may be that we may have to rethink some of our notions of what it is to be British, what we expect a Briton to look like at this time.’
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[brianbeveridge]

Let us not forget that were are talking neandertols here, which bares no significance to the present day

[RHWWFT]

Just say black like the first humans...here from day 0...dark to black? My brother was born with blue eyes...a gene mutation...dark to black 😂

[traceybyrne]

Question political science. What a joke.