he was discovered in cheddar gorge in somerset and jon kay‘s there now, this is not what scientists expectedman lay undisturbed, undiscovered in this cave beneath cheddar gorge, and this replica is how we have tended to think of him, asa how we have tended to think of him, as a skeleton, a pile of bones. now we can see him almost as a real—life human being. putting flesh on his bones. the face of cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting his dna and scanning his skull, experts say they have created him in unprecedented detail, and he looks very different from what they were expecting. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking, something we wouldn‘t have imagined, and also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he couldn‘t they just milk as an his biology. the fact that he couldn‘t theyjust milk as an adult, thatis couldn‘t theyjust milk as an adult, that is something that came really with the advent of farming, and 10,000 years ago people in britain didn‘t have that. 10,000 years ago people in britain didn't have that. l

in the caves beneath cheddar gorge, a replica of cheddar man.put flesh on these bones. at the natural history museum, cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting dna from his bones and scanning his skull, experts believe they've recreated his face in unprecedented detail, and he looks very different from what they expected. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking, something we wouldn't have imagined and to also get from the dna details of his biology, the fact that he couldn't digest milk as an adult. look how he's changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago, when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern day cheddar man, adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge. so, time to meet his ancestor. do you want to see your great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather? yes, please. yes. and... oh my! what do you

the man's 10,000 year—old remains were unearthed at cheddar gorge more than 100 years ago.ientists from the natural history museum to create this model of what he would have looked like just before he died. and professor robert kelly has been awarded the timeline television moment of the year award. after his kids gatecrashed his interview on bbc world. millions watched the video on youtube, and for those who haven't seen it, here it is. i would argue that this is a democracy... what will it mean for the wider region. i think one of your children hasjust the wider region. i think one of your children has just walked the wider region. i think one of your children hasjust walked in. shifting sands in the region. will relations in the north change?” would be surprised if they do. pardon me. my apologies. what will this mean for the region. my apologies. sorry. choices have been severely limited because of the behaviour of north korea. don't apologise, meet. that was great. that's the news, now it's time for newsnight with evan davis. it's brexit decision time, folks. scarecrow

in the caves beneath cheddar gorge, a replica of cheddar man. now 21st-century science means esh on thesel bones. n at tural history museum, cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting dna from his bones and scanning his skull, experts believe they have re-created his face in unprecedented detail, and he looks very different from what they expected. eyes, the face, that combination of blue es and dark skin is very striking. something we would not have imagined. dna -- three from the getting from the dna details of his biology, he couldn't digest milk as an adult. reporter: lk how he has changed. from 20 years ago, dna analysis was nowhere near as ped. >> cheddar man and i share a common female relative. reporter:n this is mod day cheddar man. he lives in the same village and shares dna with a skeleton found in the gorge. so time to meet his ancestor. do you want to see your great great great great great greathe great grandf and -- >> oh, my. reporter: what do you think? >>t t is remarkable, isn'? i think there probably is some resemblance. but y

if you weren't aware, a century ago in a town called cheddar gorge, scientists found a 10,000-year-oldn of the earliest known man in britain, who they named cheddar man-- very imaginative. thanks to d.n.a. evidence, we've learned cheddar man has a dark secret. >> cheddar man had dark skin. d.n.a. analysis shows he had dark hair, blue eyes and skin that was probably dark brown or black. >> trevor: oh, shit! the man was black! you realize what this means? it turns out meghan markle isn't entering the royal family. she's just reclaiming the throne. ( applause ) but, yes, of course, ched oar man is black. i don't need d.n.a. to know that. his remains are 10,000 years old, and they still ain't cracked, people, come on. and, of course, as we know from daytime tv, you can't have a d.n.a. test without a family reunion. >> this is modern day cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same place. time to meet your ancestor. do you want to see your great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-grandfather? ok, here he comes, and... >> oh, my! >> what do you think? >> it is remarkable, isn't it?

in the caves beneath cheddar gorge, a replica of cheddar man. we can put flesh on these bones. one, two, three. at the natural history museum cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting dna from his bones and scanning his skull, experts believe they have recreated his face in unprecedented detail. and he looks very different from what they expected. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking. something we would not have imagined. and to also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he could not digest milk. that is something that came really with the advent of farming. and 10,000 years ago people in britain didn't have that. look how he has changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern—day cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge. so, time to meet his a

he was discovered in cheddar gorge in somerset. one, two, three. putting flesh on his bones. fferent from what they were expecting. the hair, the eyes, the face. that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking. something we would not have imagined. and to also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he couldn‘t digest milk as an adult. that is something that came really with the advent of farming. and 10,000 years ago people didn‘t have that. look how he‘s changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern—day cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge. so, time to meet his ancestor. do you want to see your great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather? ok, here he comes. and... oh, my. what do you think? it is remarkable, isn‘t it? i think there is probably some resemblance. yes, i think there are certainly ot

in the caves beneath cheddar gorge, a replica of cheddar man.es. 1. 1, 2, 1,2, 3... at the natural history museum, cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting dna from his bones and scanning his skull, experts believe they've recreated his face in unprecedented detail, and he looks very different from what they expected. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking, something we wouldn't have imagined and to also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he couldn't digest milk as an adult. that came with the advent of farming. 10,000 years ago people didn't have that. look how he's changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern day cheddar man, adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge. so, time to meet his ancestor. do you want to see your great, great, great, great, g

from chad a man britain's oldest complete skeleton which was discovered in cheddar gorge in southwest england in one thousand and three he lived ten thousand years ago and is now known to have had blue eyes dark curly hair and dark black skin scientists say the evidence suggests that europeans pale skin tones developed much later than previously believed and of course it's very striking for a ten thousand year old human or expectations a few years ago would have been that this individual would have had a might be dark hair but fairly proust good possibly blue eyes and what we've got is a quite unusual combination of this dox rightly curly hair really quite dark skin and quite striking blue eyes and a great amount of it you can catch up anytime with all the stories we reported on by checking out our website address that is al-jazeera dot com and you can also watch us live on there are clicking on the live icon address again al-jazeera dot com. wait a minute now the main stories making news here now to syria syrian government and russian air strikes have killed at least one hundred eigh

as old as complete skeleton which was discovered in cheddar gorge in southwest england in nineteen zero three nine he lived ten thousand years ago and is not a name to have had blue eyes dark curly have and dark to black skin scientists say the evidence suggests that europeans pale skin tones develop much later than previously thought. because it's very striking for a ten thousand year old human error expectations a few years ago would have been this individual would have had a maybe dark hair but fairly power skin possibly blue eyes and what we've got is a quite unusual combination of this dark slightly curly hair really quite dark skin and quite striking blue eyes. you're watching out as their arms are whole romney's right top stories almost two hundred people are being killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of syria following an intense air and ground offensive by government forces and their russian allies thirty four people died in the most recent attack on wednesday in eastern guta near the capital damascus four others died and province the u.s. led coalition in syria sa

he was originally found in 1903 during a dig in cheddar gorge.ot where he was found. there have been attempts to reconstruct what he looked like before. modern techniques in dna analysis have given us new information about his features and his lifestyle. i've been studying the skeleton for more than 30 years so the skeleton for more than 30 years so it's incredible now to have the dna data which really shows us what this guy looked like. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking, something we wouldn't have imagined and to also go from the dna, details of his biology, the fa ct dna, details of his biology, the fact he couldn't just dna, details of his biology, the fact he couldn'tjust milk as an adult, that's something that came really with the advent of farming and 10,000 years ago, people in britain didn't have that. the project brought together experts from different fields. geneticists and artists and palaeontologists. a young man in his 20s who lay undisturbed the 10,000 years has revealed

in the caves beneath cheddar gorge, a replica of cheddar man.on these bones. one, two, three. at the natural history museum cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting dna from his bones and scanning his skull, experts believe they have recreated his face in unprecedented detail. and he looks very different from what they expected. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking. something we would not have imagined. and to also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he could not digest milk. that is something that came really with the advent of farming. and 10,000 years ago people in britain didn't have that. look how he's changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern—day cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge. so, time to meet his ancestor. do you want

in the caves beneath cheddar gorge, a replica of cheddar man. at the natural history museum cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting dna from his bones and scanning his skull, experts believe they have recreated his face in unprecedented detail. and he looks very different from what they expected. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking. something we would not have imagined. and to also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he could not digest milk as an adult. that is something that came really with the advent of farming. and 10,000 years ago people in britain didn't have that. look how he's changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern—day cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge. so, time to meet his ancestor. do you want to see your great g

he's known as cheddar man because his skeleton was unearthed over a century ago here in cheddar gorgeain how scientists tried to estimate what this person looked like. one, two, three. putting flesh on his bones. the face of cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting his dna and scanning his skull, experts say they have created him in unprecedented detail. and he looks very different from what they were expecting. the hair, the eyes, the face. that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking. something we would not have imagined. and to also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he couldn't digest milk as an adult. that is something that came really with the advent of farming. and 10,000 years ago people didn't have that. look how he's changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern—day cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorg

s oldest complete skeleton which was discovered in cheddar gorge in southwest england in one thousand nine hundred three he lived ten thousand years ago and is now known to have had dark blue eyes dark curly hair dark to black skin now scientists say the evidence suggests that europeans pale skin tones develop much later than previously thought. of course it's very striking for a ten thousand role human expectations a few years ago would have been this individual would have had a maybe dark hair but fairly proud skin possibly blue eyes and what we've got is a corner unusual combination of this. curly hair really quite dark skin and quite striking blue eyes the whole hers wall of the most expensive real estate markets in the world property prices have been soaring nearly and salaries all struggling to keep up and that means that many people are forced to leave homes but as does your poll that explains new solutions are emerging to help tackle the housing crisis. in the summer and in the winter and i spots that's how this mother describes the home she shares with her teenage daughters t

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the man's 10,000 year—old remains were unearthed at cheddar gorge more than a hundred years ago.wed scientists from the natural history museum to create this model of what he would have looked like just before he died. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. steve has tweeted on the tesco issue, saying women and men get paid equally for doing the same job, not for what individuals consider work of comparable value. this seems to be total nonsense. 0n the subject of iran, we have a film coming up on that, matt on facebook says the white working class has been marginalised and forgotten for decades —— on the subject of redcar. we will talk to a labour mp and a conservative mp about that after 10am this morning. is do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport with hugh ferris. england are still playing cricket in australia, how is it going? they are still playing cricket in australia, good morning. notjust against australia, the third form of the

the man pars—mac10,000 —year—old remains were unearthed at cheddar gorge more than 100 years ago.ked like before he died. it was initially thought he would have paler skin and fair hair. this is what researchers initially came up with. there isn't much resemblance compared to the latest model. and we can talk now to professor ian barnes, the research leader at the natural history museum. great to have you with us. as we were just showing to our viewers, no resemblance between that early model and this latest reconstruction, if that is the correct term to use. why the change? so, we have been working on cheddar man and lots of other skeletons from britain over the last three years or so as part of a big project to look at the people of the british isles over the last 10,000 years and how they have adapted to changes in their environment. cheddar man is probably the oldest skeleton we have worked with and turns out to have very good dna preservation, or certainly very good for a man of his age, as it were. you extracted that dna by drilling a small hole in the inner ear bone, i unde

cheddar man. he lives in the same village and shares dna with a skeleton found in the gorge. anso time to meet histor. do you want to see your great great great great great great great grandfather? and -- >> oh, my. reporter: what do you think? >> it is remarkable, isn't it? i ink there probably is so resemblance. but yes, there were certainly other members in my family who he bearsesemblance to. reporter: you n see that? >> yes. i think my eyes arblue. reporter: let's have a look. they are blue. reporter: yes -- >> yes, they are blue. mine is. r -- his h not quite as gray as mine is. reporter: 10,000 years after he died, 100 years after he was found, f name of adrian's ancestor. bbc news, cheddar in somerset. laura: the real face of chedda man. remember, you can find much more on all the day's news on our website. plus, to see what we are working on at any time, check out oe. facebook pag i am laura trevelyan. thank yofor watching "world news america." >> with the bbc news app, our vertical videos are designed to work around yourifestyle, so you can swipe your way through th

cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge.great grandfather? ok, here he comes. and... oh, my. what do you think? it is remarkable, isn't it? i think there is probably some resemblance. yes, i think there are certainly other members in my family who he bears a resemblance to. yes, some of my cousins. you can see that in there? yes. i think my eyes are blue! lets have a look. they are blue! they are blue. his hair is not quite as grey as mine is. or my beard! so 10,000 years after he died, 100 years after he was found, finally a face to fit the name of adrian's ancestor. jon kay, bbc news, cheddar in somerset. iam i am disappointed by this. because it was initially assumed cheddar man had pale skin and fair hair and i thought maybe i am a direct descendant but apparently not. they say 10% of white british ancestry can be linked to this ancient population. so i thought maybe i'm not one of them and then in the newspaper today it said the 10% link to this ancestry, their ancestors would have performed grisly cannibalistic rituals

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