Did you know… Cymru is home to Paviland Cave – where the “Dynes” Goch Pafiland (Red “Lady” of Paviland) skeleton (which dates back to 33,000 BP) was discovered?

The cave is a limestone cave on the Gower Peninsula, not too far from Abertawe (Swansea). The Red “Lady” was misgendered as such and was believed to have been a relatively recent female skeleton, however, it has since been proven to have been the skeleton of a young man who was one of the original arrivals to Europe.

The skeleton was found covered in red dye (for preservation/burial purposes) alongside a woolly mammoth skull.

It was discovered in 1823 by William Buckland in an archaelogical dig. Nowadays, if you wish to see the skeleton in person, you’ll have to travel outside of Wales and go all the way to London and the British museum, where, as is often the case, you will find things not native to London.

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