Cheddar man was typical of Mesolithic European huntergatherers. His physical features and way of life resembled others who lived in Western and Central Europe from 14,000 to 6000 years ago. Geneticists call his race the Western Hunter Gatherers (WHG). The Mesolithic is characterised as the warm period following the iceage. In this video I visit Cheddar gorge and the very cave in which Cheddar man was found. I look at some late stone age hunting tools such as microliths and I even describe what the Mesolithic religion was like based on the scarce evidence we have, from the caves of El Cogul to the Shigir idol of Russia. The main WHG samples I look at are Loschbour man, Cheddar man, La Brana man and Villabrunna man.

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Music in order:|
Theme = Wolcensmen Sunne
Bark sound productions Eld
Quincas Moreira Dawn of Man
Stark Von Oben Winter Soulstice
Ormgård Sjálfsforn
Geographer Jay sweeps

Loschbour man 3D animation by CNRA (Centre National de Recherche Archéologique in Luxembourg and Nic Herber (AnubisPictures) Luxembourg.

Sources:

The evolutionary history of human populations in Europehttps://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.01579.pdf

The genetic history of Ice Age Europe
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...

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https://www.cell.com/currentbiology/...

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Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans
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Carvings on Mesolithic idol were made with beaver jaw tool
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Mesolithic Art
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/bou...
Star Carr pendant
https://www.york.ac.uk/newsandevent...

Mesolithic And Neolithic, Of Cheddar And Bread
https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/2018/0...

Ancient DNA reveals how wheat came to prehistoric Britain
https://www.nature.com/news/ancientd...