Extraordinary.....

[jackthehat]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5358699/First-Brit-dark-skinned-blue-eyed.html

Isn't it fascinating just what modern scientific breakthroughs can tell us about our long dead ancestors?

[naomi24]

Do you actually have a sense of humour Islay, or do you just prefer to hide it?

[hereIam]

aog at 13:36 TOTALLY agree with you, great post ...

[Islay]

Oh Naomi of course I have a sense of humour - otherwise I wouldn't converse with some of the people on here! ;-)

[naomi24]

Pleased to hear it.

[Mamyalynne]

HerIam, let's not make this thread about me shall we/ I'm far too unimportant for that and it happens way too often. It's a decent subject , why not discuss it.

Sorry Jack.

[jackthehat]

How about those of you who would prefer to snipe at other ABers go and find yourselves a thread where it is wanted?

And that includes anyone cheering on from the sidelines...

[Islay]

Sorry Jack

[anotheoldgit]

hereIam

Thanks for your much appreciated comment hereIam.

I think that was aimed at you:

/// And that includes anyone cheering on from the
sidelines... ///

But don't let it get at you, there are some on here who regularly disrupt other's threads, but don't like it when it is their thread which is being disrupted.

[Spicerack]

'and is related to one in 10 of today's Brits'

Of course he is, they've all flipping moved here.

[anotheoldgit]

Oh I forgot:

Sorry Jack.

Does that make me eligible to join your little gang? Lol.

[-Talbot-]

When I saw this on the news this morning I immediately thought ... There's some poor so d that will resemble this early Brit and he will be getting some stick today.

[hereIam]

Don't worry aog, I will NEVER let it get at me, I can assure you of that x

Mail Online are already comparing him to David Dickenson !

[bainbrig]

Are the likes of spicerack ('and is related to one in 10 of today's Brits'

Of course he is, they've all flipping moved here.)

really allowed their snidey sniping barely-hidden racist slurs?

Isn't there a rule about it, and aren't there moderators to slap them down?

BB

[Zacs-Master]

How is it ‘barely hidden racist’? Who is it being racist against?

[pixie374]

It is amazing how much more accurate they have got- although there still is obviously some guesswork. His appearance fits with the theories we already had, so no real surprises.

[naomi24]

^Pass.

[pixie374]

I would probably have thought brown eyes, although blue has to have come from somewhere.

[naomi24]

Oops. Cross-posted. That^ was to Zacs-Master

[hc4361]

Regarding the blue eyes, the remains of a Stone Age man living in Spain 7000 years ago show he had blue eyes and the dark skin genes of an African

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-first-ol-blue-eyes-is-7000-years-old-and-lived-in-a-cave-9086310.html

[pixie374]

Interesting, hc. Thanks x