The findings have also challenged perceptions that English ancestors lived in small elite groups
Buried alongside typical grave goods such as a pot, a bone comb and a knife, DNA analysis showed she descended of West African heritage on her father's side, researchers said.
Two women of Northern European descent, likely to be the girl's great aunts, were found buried similarly nearby. "She is buried in exactly the same way as everybody else... this story really highlights that if we are looking at ethnicity, it did not matter to these people."Other notable findings included the remains of a teenage boy in an early medieval cemetery in Yorkshire, with 100% Northern European ancestry.He was buried with an armed brooch - an object that originated from Scandinavia.
They were buried alongside a knife and a buckle, and the remains of their father were found nearby, buried with a spear, knife and pottery sherd.
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