New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in DNA sequencing are helping researchers resolve a ...

Beachy Head woman grew up locally in Roman Britain, according to new genetic and chemical analysis of a 2,000-year-old ...

The curious skeleton of a Roman-era individual in Britain, nicknamed the Beachy Head Woman, is not who we thought she was. It turns out this mysterious woman is not the 'first Black Briton', as some ...

The Roman-era skeleton of a young woman once believed to have belonged to the earliest known black Briton is likely to have originated in southern England, new research shows. Previous DNA analysis ...