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His Y-DNA Haplogroup is I2-L38. The I2a2 subclade is still existent in males of the modern British Isles and across other parts of Europe. And his Maternal haplogroup is U5b1.
Cheddar Man, a Hunter-Gatherer, and the oldest of modern humans in Britain. Other remains across Europe connect these Hunter-Gatherers. They were eventually absorbed and replaced by another population of Farmers.
"The Early European Farmers are believed to have been mostly dark haired and dark eyed, and light skinned, although darker than most modern Europeans. A study on different Early European Farmers remains throughout Europe concluded that they had "intermediate to light skin complexion".
All Europeans today, in different proportions, are an ancestral mix of Hunter-Gatherers, Farmers, and Yam-nigh-ya.
Notes:
Natural History Museum, London:
nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-britain-blue-eyed-boy.html
Wiki, Cheddar Man:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man
Wiki, Early European Farmers:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_European_Farmers
Wiki, Yamnaya:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamnaya_culture
Doggerland map:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland#/media/File:Doggerland3er_en.png
Paternal Haplogroup I2a2:
eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_I2_Y-DNA.shtml
Maternal Haplogroup U5: eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_U5_mtDNA.shtml#google_vignette
His Y-DNA Haplogroup is I2-L38. The I2a2 subclade is still existent in males of the modern British Isles and across other parts of Europe. And his Maternal haplogroup is U5b1.
Cheddar Man, a Hunter-Gatherer, and the oldest of modern humans in Britain. Other remains across Europe connect these Hunter-Gatherers. They were eventually absorbed and replaced by another population of Farmers.
"The Early European Farmers are believed to have been mostly dark haired and dark eyed, and light skinned, although darker than most modern Europeans. A study on different Early European Farmers remains throughout Europe concluded that they had "intermediate to light skin complexion".
All Europeans today, in different proportions, are an ancestral mix of Hunter-Gatherers, Farmers, and Yam-nigh-ya.
Notes:
Natural History Museum, London:
nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-britain-blue-eyed-boy.html
Wiki, Cheddar Man:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man
Wiki, Early European Farmers:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_European_Farmers
Wiki, Yamnaya:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamnaya_culture
Doggerland map:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland#/media/File:Doggerland3er_en.png
Paternal Haplogroup I2a2:
eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_I2_Y-DNA.shtml
Maternal Haplogroup U5: eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_U5_mtDNA.shtml#google_vignette
