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c. 8300 BC · Gough's Cave, Cheddar Gorge, England · Europe · Science

Britain's oldest near-complete skeleton: dark skin, pale eyes

The skeleton of a hunter who lived about 10,300 years ago was found in 1903 in a cave in Cheddar Gorge. DNA studied in 2018 suggests he had dark skin and blue-green eyes, and back in 1997 a local history teacher turned out to share his maternal lineage.