Posted on 12/21/2025 7:45:48 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A woman long believed to be the 'first Black Briton' was in fact white and had local ancestry from southern England, according to a new genetic study that overturns more than a decade of public perception.
For years, scientists believed the woman, known as the Beachy Head Woman, came from sub-Saharan Africa. Her remains were discovered near the cliffs of Beachy Head in East Sussex and were widely presented as early evidence of African presence in Roman Britain...
Her remains were first rediscovered in 2012 in Eastbourne Town Hall, stored in a box suggesting they were originally excavated in the 1950s. At the time, the well-preserved condition of the skeleton led to a facial reconstruction by Professor Caroline Wilkinson of Dundee University, whose assessment, along with two other specialists, supported the African origin theory.
That interpretation began to shift in 2017 when unpublished genetic data hinted she might have come from the Mediterranean, possibly Cyprus. The latest findings now clarify her origin as local to Britain, with researchers confirming she likely lived and grew up around Eastbourne...
Radiocarbon dating places her death between 129 and 311 AD during the Roman occupation. She was estimated to be between 18 and 25 years old and stood just over 4 feet 9 inches tall. A healed leg wound indicates she survived a significant injury, and bone analysis shows a diet rich in seafood...
Although no burial site or grave goods were found, researchers believe she may have had social standing, possibly connected to a Roman villa or trade networks in the region. Her lack of physical signs of labor supports this theory.
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Shouldn't he be the original Orange Man Bad?
What’s a woman?
Saw a woman discover this on youtube awhile back when wondering why the female is called a Mrs.
Mr
Mrs = Mr’s
Definitely!
Shieldmaidens are another canard
Actual mythology became reality to zoomers via that started out good but went woke series
That was my reaction to your waste of time post.
Yes, these specualtions based on morphology are often wrong. It seems the further back in time they go the more wrong they can be.
Guess they aren’t using science as a crutch this time....
Real science seems to never go their way
Their cry really should be modified to “Pseudo-Science” or “Dogmatic Science” or “DEI Science”, see I am even giving them choices...
The Left is desperate for evidence of prehistoric brown Britons.
They hate being reminded that there weren't any every year when American leftists celebrate "Indigenous People's Day" on October 12th.
These reconstructions are all based on the artists’ interpretation. I guarantee this artist was told to “maybe she was African, make her look African.” So now we have, “we wuz brittonz” Heck. Even Sweden put out some stupid documentary depicting all the Swedes were black. Ireland did the same thing with their suicidal government claiming Irish were all black down to Brian Boru.
I have one more trip to make for family near Glasgow. I am glad my ancestors from their have died. The place looks like a slum straight out of Bangalor. My cousin had to take their kids out of public school because the Muslims are out of control and relentlessly bullied her kids and the school does absolutely nothing. There is no where to escape anymore.
They already did the same thing”we wuz Irizz” rewrite.
Yeah.
Vikings had its goofy moments, like Ragnar being thrown into a pit of harmless boas, ball pythons and ratsnakes.
Oh, the agony of that.
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I’m ashamed of my once-fierce Scots blood.
They’re totally woke now.
Same with my Ulster Irish.
The best of us got shipped over here, apparently.
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OFFS
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They tried that with the Welsh too.
Of all my Celtic mongrel traits, I take after the Welsh with the “‘gold” skin that never burns and green eyes.
I’m so sick of this woke joke crap.
Crap like this is why hillbillies hauled ass immediately into the backwoods and mountains and shunned flat landers.
(And get off our….ridge)
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The reconstruction looks like Karoline Leavitt.
The remains of the so called Cheddar Man found in a cave in Britain have also been depicted as black skinned. I believe better DNA testing will show him also as white.
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