The DNA of “Cheddar Man,” a man who lived over 10,000 years ago and is believed to be the first modern Briton, revealed what the first people in Britain may have looked like thousands of years ago.

Earlier, in 2018, when scientists sequenced the DNA extracted from Britain’s oldest complete skeleton, a 10,000-year-old male ...

For most of Europe’s history, the people who lived there did not resemble the pale figures often shown in history books. New ...

I have always been quite pale: I inherited my mother's Irish complexion, along with her hazel eyes and mousey, coarse, thick hair. So growing up, I was always envious of my sister, who had received ...