Cheddar Man Was Probably White...

[Spicerack]

Quelle surprise, lol.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2161867-ancient-dark-skinned-briton-cheddar-man-find-may-not-be-true/

[Gromit]

I think this is the full article...

https://www.sott.net/article/378199-Despite-new-findings-ancient-Cheddar-Man-Briton-may-not-be-dark-skinned

The jist seems to be that they can’t say he was definitely black, but that he was probably black.

The reasearcher who is most doubting the theory has developed a test. Unfortunately that test, when applied to known black people gave results that they were probably fair skin. Which suggests that test is itself unreliable.

[Togo]

I suppose that means that we are free to believe just what we want to believe then..............Just like the "researchers" in the original theory saying he was black did.

[NoMercy]

If he's 10,000 years old it's unlikely that he had blue eyes. The genetic mutation which gave the human race blue eyes occurred more recently than that.

[rowanwitch]

Colour is a strange thing, if we all lined up in a large new in order of skin tone there would be a number of dark skinned Europeans up among the lighter people of African origin, and members from Asia sprinkled pretty much along the row. Add in albinos of all races, at one end and the differences suddenly seem less obvious as we would all blur together.

[-Talbot-]

Damn it ... I was enjoying high five~ing my dark mates and say 'hello brudder' :0/

[Gromit]

// University of Copenhagen
New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. //

So. Blue eyed cheddar man just scrapes in.

[Togo]

Ta Spice. That will "cheese" some off. :))

[-Talbot-]

If that's the case then a caerphilly chosen BA.

[Spicerack]

It's a feta compli.

[Togo]

Now you are "Rubing" it in.