When a group of workers on a routine drainage project accidentally discovered something buried in a cave in the Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, they could never have predicted that it would become one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in Britain – a 10,000 Mesolithic skeleton known as Cheddar Man.

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Sources:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-britain-blue-eyed-boy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man
https://www.majesticdesigns.co.uk/news/10-facts-never-knew-cheddar/ https://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/education/workshop/cheddar-man https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/mesolithic-skeleton-known-as-cheddar-man-shares-the-same-dna-with-english-teacher-of-history
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/cheddar-gorge https://www.visitsomerset.co.uk/things-to-do/attractions/cave/cheddar-gorge-caves https://www.westcountryparks.co.uk/10-interesting-facts-about-cheddar-gorge-and-caves
Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, 3 February 1904 

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