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First Britons were black

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GagaJo Thu 01-Apr-21 06:52:46
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Following on from the thread about David Lammy and the racist phone call he dealt with, I found this.

'Original' Brits, where were actually settlers from Continental Europe, and based on the genome of Cheddar man, would have been black. Makes sense, given that all of humanity originated in Africa

So, basically, Black Britons were the originals. Not white skinned.

www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/first-modern-britons-dark-black-skin-cheddar-man-dna-analysis-reveals

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Alexa Sat 03-Apr-21 10:43:01

I like to think that ancient folk tales about fairies began as actual meetings between newer settlers and ancient races who were displaced by the newcomers and had to flee to the lonely hills.

Obviously the new settlers felt some fear of the original peoples and placated them when they could

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Ro60 Thu 08-Apr-21 02:47:51

Alexa that's an.interesting thought. Some races have very small stature Southern India for example, compared to the giant Norse race.

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GrannyRose15 Fri 09-Apr-21 21:10:00

Alegrias1

No, growstuff is right, it really doesn't work like that...

There have been many waves of immigration into Scotland since 1500, even more since 900. So there are Scots today who aren't descended from those million Scots in 1500. So I'm not related to all of them.

I was only making a light hearted comment but I'm starting to be sorry I did. confused

Read Adam Rutherford. I find it difficult to comprehend too but he seems adamant ( pardon the pun).

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Ro60 Sat 10-Apr-21 02:14:55

Alegrias1 Do bother - I get it made me smile a lovely warm thought ??

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Ro60 Sat 10-Apr-21 02:18:35

Hum just re-read.
I get it. It made me smile; a lovely warm thought. ? Rather.

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GagaJo Mon 12-Apr-21 08:15:09

Ro60

Alexa that's an.interesting thought. Some races have very small stature Southern India for example, compared to the giant Norse race.

Stature, or height and build, are very closely linked to diet. The high dairy intake of the Dutch, for example. The Chinese are becoming taller and broader, now their diet is expanding more into dairy and with a greater proportion of protein.

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