An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...

A woman billed as the 'first black Briton' was in fact white and from southern England, according to new DNA analysis. For years it has been believed that 'Beachy Head Woman' – an ancient skeleton who ...

Scientists have shed light on the true origins of the so-called "first black Briton". The skeletal remains - dating from Roman times - were previously thought to belong to a woman from the sub-Saharan ...

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Fossilized footprints, preserved in gypsum mud that hardened over time, are estimated to be 23,000-21,000 years old. NPS / Alamy Ancient human footprints, preserved in a dry lakebed at White Sands ...

A woman billed as the 'first black Briton' was in fact white and from southern England, according to new DNA analysis. For years it has been believed that 'Beachy Head Woman' – an ancient skeleton who ...