Who Were Britain’s First People? The Story of Mesolithic Britain and Ireland

16.04.2026 Автор: Dan Davis History 10,000 years ago, Mesolithic hunter-gatherers lived across Britain and Ireland, connected to Europe through the lost landscape of Doggerland before it was lost beneath the sea. In this video I tell you about their lives, tools, movement, and beliefs, from seasonal camps to complex burials. Using ancient DNA, including the famous Cheddar Man, we examine the genetics of WHG (Western Hunter-Gatherers) and what it reveals about their appearance and origins. Far from being simple or static, these people shaped their environments. This is the epic story of the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers of Britain and Ireland. If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel Become a YouTube Channel Member: / @dandavishistory Support me on Patreon: / dandavisauthor Thank you to Ancient Europeans for his artwork: Sources Lazaridis, I., Patterson, N., Mittnik, A. et al. Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans Fu, Q., Posth, C., Hajdinjak, M. et al. The genetic history of Ice Age Europe Charlton, S., Brace, S., Hajdinjak, M. et al. Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain. (2022) Brace, S., Diekmann, Y., Booth, T.J. et al. Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 765–771 (2019). Milner, N., Conneller, C. and Taylor, B. (eds), 2018. Star Carr Volume 1: A Persistent Place in a Changing World. York: White...