4 minutes agoScientists Say Old Britons Had Dark Skin
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The oldest human remains have been found in Great Britain, where they belonged to a man with dark skin and blue eyes, reports a study by British scientists. Researchers at the University of London and the Museum of British Natural History have built the man who lived 10,000 years ago, using [...]
London University researchers and the British Natural History Museum have built the man who lived 10,000 years ago, using the latest DNA analysis techniques and 3D scans of his skull.
Known as “The son's man” after his remains were found in a South England village in 1903. The old man had the skin of “errest”, dark curly hair, according to researchers.
DNA has been found by the human skull and information about its physical characteristics has been obtained by drafting the collected genetic data, reports “Alzeera”, the Periscope broadcast.
The genetic information is usually hard to get into the old remains like the “cheese man”, but it was stored in his case thanks to cold conditions inside the limestone cave where it was found.
I studied for the first time the cheeseman more than 40 years ago, but I could never believe that one day we would have all his genome,” Professor Chris Stinger of the Natural History Museum said.
To go beyond what the bones tell us and get a scientific view of what he actually seemed to be, is a wonderful achievement of sorts and very surprising results. ”
At least 10 percent of British descent can be linked to that population, they said.
A documentary on the findings will be broadcast at the “Channel 4” television station in the UK on 18 February. /Periscopi/
