Cheddar Man - Western Hunter Gatherer

Cheddar Man, Western Hunter Gatherer specimen, found in Goughs cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK. Dated to being alive in the Mesolithic period. Nuclear DNA analysis indicates that he was a typical Western Hunter Gatherer, with lactose intolerance, probably with light coloured eyes (blue/green/hazel) and black to brown skin/hair.

Western Hunter Gatherers contribute around 10-20% to modern European genetics/ancestry, and have been largely replaced by incoming Neolithic Farmer populations from the Levant, and Yamnaya Pastoralists who might have origins from Eastern Eurasia.

Cheddar Man's Y DNA, belonged to an ancient sister branch to the modern I2 - L38, called I2a2, I2a2 is still persisting in modern European populations. His mitochondrial haplogroup was U5b1, which was common in Mesolithic European Hunter Gatherers, but is rare in modern European populations.

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Cro Magnons And The Genetic Legacy Of Europe

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