First Modern British Man Had ‘Dark to Black’ Skin, DNA Research Shows

A full face reconstruction model made from the skull of a 10,000-year-old man, known as Cheddar Man, Britain's oldest complete skeleton. Photo taken at the National History Museum in London on Feb. 6, 2018. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The first modern humans to live in what is now the UK had “dark to black” skin and blue eyes, groundbreaking DNA research of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton reveals.

According to the BBC, researchers took DNA samples from Cheddar Man, Britain’s oldest complete skeleton, and performed a genome analysis. This allowed for a facial reconstruction of a British man thought to have been alive about 10,000 years ago.