I think the nearly black skin tone is the product of political correctness and not good science.
The Great RJ wrote: “I think the nearly black skin tone is the product of political correctness and not good science.”
I agree. He could have just been a slave or servant who took ill and was put ashore and died and was buried there, too. Seems more plausible to me since there are no other finds in the area resembling this one.
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