Beaker People replaced original Britons

[Brian G Turner]

Ancient Britons 'replaced' by newcomers

The ancient population of Britain was almost completely replaced by newcomers about 4,500 years ago, a study shows.

The findings mean modern Britons trace just a small fraction of their ancestry to the people who built Stonehenge.

The astonishing result comes from analysis of DNA extracted from 400 ancient remains across Europe.

The article is as frustrating as it is illuminating - not least because they don't really tie it in with the migration of Indo-Europeans, except by an indirect note.

Also, although there was a recent article suggesting these original Britons had very dark skin, recent updates to that story show that some scientists are sceptical that skin colour can be determined with any certainty: https://www.newscientist.com/articl...nned-briton-cheddar-man-find-may-not-be-true/