Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-09-15 19:03:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7F580B01ABD60D5155F96D26F2223874AD093C6C81EED71FDD58D3BF0DDDEAE8
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DNA cannot 100% conclusively demonstrate ancient Britons had dark to black skin. DNA degrades over the last 10,000 years. For example, there is doubt Cheddar Man had dark skin. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2161867-ancient-dark-skinned-briton-cheddar-man-find-may-not-be-true/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5453665/Was-Cheddar-man-white-all.html https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/a-brief-history-of-the-genes-that-color-our-skin/542694/ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/267443v1
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