Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons buried together in southern England and uncovered strong evidence of female-line descent.
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Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in southern Britain shows that women were closely related while unrelated men ...
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The site belonged to a group the Romans named the “Durotriges,” researchers said, and this ethnic group had other settlements ...
New genetic evidence suggests that female family ties were central to social structures in pre-Roman Britain, offering a fresh perspective on Celtic society and its gender dynamics.
DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s ...
An international team of geneticists, led by researchers from Trinity College in collaboration with archaeologists from ...
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