Shinobi Yaka's video: Cheddar Man - Debunked

In this video, we take a look at a recent story which went international, relating to a study by a University College London team of archaeologists, the excitement centred around the forensic reconstruction of the ancient remains of Cheddar Man, whose skeletal remains, thought to be around 10,000 years old were found in Goughs Cave in Somerset, the British press and international media, were bursting at the seams in their excitement to inform the world that new DNA testing had revealed evidence suggesting that the earliest people of the British Isles likely had dark skin. Links and references --------------------------------------------------------- Cheddar Man – Natural History Museum article http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-britain-blue-eyed-boy.html Cheddar Man – Article, BBC News Website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42939192 Cheddar Man – Article, Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-briton-had-dark-skin-and-light-eyes-dna-analysis-shows-180968097/ Haplogroup – Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup DNA half-life – Nature article http://www.nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555 Genetic Marker – Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_marker 23andme genetic testing – Popular Science article https://www.popsci.com/23andme-is-probably-terrible-idea genetic testing – Bio Essay, Wiley online library http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.20837/pdf Methodology, Shotgun Sequencing - Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_sequencing Media Madness – UCL article debunking Sykes https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mace-lab/debunking/stories Loci associated with skin pigmentation - Science http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/new-gene-variants-reveal-evolution-human-skin-color Vitamin D - Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D Support This Channel ------------------------------------------------------- ▶Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shinobiyaka ▶Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuK58_8EFT4ztv5gPyRf1A ▶Twitter: https://twitter.com/yakashinobi ▶Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shinobiyaka -------------------------------------- Fair Use Exemption 1988 Copyright Designs and Patents Act (UK) The following video may contain or refer to copyrighted video or audio materials; the inclusion of such work is considered fair dealing as defined under the 1988 Copyright Designs and Patents Act (UK), which states that the inclusion of parts of a work for the purpose of criticism or review is permitted provided that, the work has been made available to the public, and the material used is accompanied by some actual discussion or assessment which warrants classification as criticism or review.