Story of ‘first Black Briton’ rewritten by advances in ancient DNA technology
- Posted on December 19, 2025
- By CNN
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Story of ‘first Black Briton’ rewritten by advances in ancient DNA technology
An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new DNA sequencing have found.
