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Cheddar man

The Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum
London, United Kingdom

At about 10,000 years old, this is the oldest nearly complete modern human skeleton ever found in Britain.

‘Cheddar Man’ was found in Gough’s Cave, Somerset, and would have been about 166 centimetres tall. A hole in his forehead was the site of an infection, which may have killed him.

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