DNA research performed on Britain’s oldest, almost complete human skeleton has revealed the man who lived in England’s southwest over 10,000 years ago had dark skin, blue eyes and dark curly hair.
The skeleton which has been nicknamed Cheddar Man was unearthed in 1903 from the Cheddar Gorge in Somerset county.
The findings suggest the lighter skin pigmentation now seen as typical of Britons is far more recent than previously thought.