Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...

A new DNA study reveals that dark skin was common among early Europeans for much longer than previously believed. Pale skin became prevalent only around 3,000 years ago. The research suggests that ...

Cheddar Man, believed to have lived in Britain 10,000 years ago. Challenging the long-held beliefs about the skin colour of Europeans, a recent study, published in the preprint bioRxiv database ...