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среда, 21 марта 2018 г.

C for Cheddar Man (?)

A new preprint has just appeared at bioRxiv on the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition and resulting massive population shift in Britain. It features genome-wide data from six Mesolithic and 67 Neolithic individuals, including the famous Cheddar Man.



Population Replacement in Early Neolithic Britain by Brace et al.



The peculiar thing about this preprint is that it doesn’t list the Y-haplogroups of the male ancients. However, it’s been rumored for a while that Cheddar Man belongs to Y-haplogroup C (for instance, see here). Has this now been confirmed officially anywhere?
On a related note, the guys at DNAGeeks have been working on a range of Cheddar Man products (see here). So for a few bucks you can get yourself a Cheddar Man tee or wall print based on this arty depiction of the Mesolithic British forager. Yes, his resemblance to pop icon Prince is indeed uncanny.




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