Cheddar man on Ch 4 now
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shotlighter
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He looks rather smug to me. Like he knows something we don't. ?
Speleotron
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I think he looks a bit annoyed.
chriscastle46
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I worked for many years at Cheddar Caves so I have an especial interest in Cheddar Man.
The programme wasn't too bad for Channel 4 but I hope there's an academic paper put on line and not lost in in an unobtainable journal.
There's a couple of points I'd like clarified. The earlier, rather dodgy, DNA results showing that a direct descendant still lives in Cheddar was not mentioned. Why? I wonder. Perhaps they were being polite. And there's a wound to his head which was thought to have given him pain during life. Maybe the latest research concluded that it wasn't a wound.
This isn't an archaeological forum so I'll shut up.
The programme wasn't too bad for Channel 4 but I hope there's an academic paper put on line and not lost in in an unobtainable journal.
There's a couple of points I'd like clarified. The earlier, rather dodgy, DNA results showing that a direct descendant still lives in Cheddar was not mentioned. Why? I wonder. Perhaps they were being polite. And there's a wound to his head which was thought to have given him pain during life. Maybe the latest research concluded that it wasn't a wound.
This isn't an archaeological forum so I'll shut up.
chriscastle46 said:
According to the Cheddar Man page at NHM :
PDF link to paper or see attached file below
David Rose
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Pegasus, I think given the DNA thing you should make this image the subject of a competition. Which current Mendip caving figure does the Cheddar man most closely resemble? To win, you have to post a photo of the caver concerned. The skin pigmentation is allowed to come from mud.
chriscastle46
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Thanks martinr, saves me looking for it. I'd like to see the full paper when it's published, or at least the conclusions as I may be able to get my head around some of them.
