Evolution-ish

A portrait of ‘Cheddar Man’ began to emerge, And it defied, quite fundamentally, all expectations. Imagine the surprise when it was revealed Our long-dead ancestor was black – That is, dark-haired, dark-skinned, but blue-eyed. The assumption that humans who’d moved into Europe, Out of Africa, 45,000 years ago had quickly adapted To have paler skin, in order to better absorb UV light, And thereby avoid vitamin D deficiency, Was, effectively, blown out of the evolutionary gene pool. The fact that this discovery proved consistent With other European Mesolithic human remains, Strongly suggests, if not conclusively proves,  That black Britain emerged long before white Britain: