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This video can not be played Dr Rebecca Redfern of the Museum of London talks about the bones of a teenager who was living in London 2,000 years ago A DNA study has confirmed that London was an ethnically diverse city from its very beginnings, BBC News has learned. The analysis reveals what someof the very first Londoners looked like and where they came from.
These initial results come from four people: two had origins from outside Europe, another was from continental Europe and one was a native Briton.
The researchers plan to analyse more of the 20,000 human remains stored at the Museum of London, external.
According to Caroline McDonald, who is a senior curator at the museum, London was a cosmopolitan city from the moment it was created following the Roman invasion 2,000 years ago.
Early London: An artist's impression of building work at the Roman Fort Wall in AD 200
"The thing to remember with the original Londoners is that they were not born here. Every first-generation [...]
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