> However, Cheddar Man had “ancestral” versions of all these genes, strongly suggesting he would have had “dark to black” skin tone, but combined with blue eyes.

That's a pretty big assumption to make and reeks of pseudoscience.

Edit, more assumptions here:

> The results pointed to a Middle Eastern origin for Cheddar Man, suggesting that his ancestors would have left Africa, moved into the Middle East and later headed west into Europe,

Middle Eastern origin dating to the Neolithic, but they assume he had to have recently migrated from Africa, despite the fact that complex societies were developing in the Middle East during the time period described, and those populations were distinctly Eurasian.

So multiple 'assumptions', both of which are at best a stretch, to push this agenda. If his origin is indeed Middle Eastern who's to say he's not from Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran or even the Caucasus? The only 'proof' of African origin is that he's Middle Eastern...