The Museum of London claim that a typical Roman Londoner was a young, black single mother

There is literally no evidence that any black people at all lived in Roman London, but the Museum of London is determined that it’s new exhibition on this period should feature a black, single mother with mixed-race children. Elliot, Marina & Collard, Mark (2009) Fordisc and the determination of ancestry from cranial measurements, London: Royal Society Publishing; Biology Letters.
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