Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age ...
15 hours ago · Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel Bradley from Trinity College Dublin successfully demonstrated that iron age …
Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
Jan 16, 2025 · 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 …
Genetics Rewrite History: Ancient Britain’s Iron Age Women Held …
1 day ago · A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands relocating to live within their wives’ communities. ...
Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age …
Jan 16, 2025 · Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.
Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain
Jan 15, 2025 · An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain. Roman writers found the relative empowerment of …
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Jan 15, 2025 · Archaeologists from Bournemouth University teamed up with geneticists from Trinity College Dublin to decipher the structure of British Iron Age society, finding evidence of …
Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age Britain
Jan 15, 2025 · Figure 1 | Women anchored Celtic communities. a, Cassidy et al. 1 analysed DNA from 55 individuals buried at Winterborne Kingston, an Iron Age burial site dating from 100 bc …
Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age ...
One hundred eight human skeletal elements excavated at the archeological site of Ashkelon, Israel by the Leon Levy Expedition during 1997 to 2016 were sampled and screened for the …
Iron Age societies were more progressive than most ... - earth.com
16 hours ago · In a collaborative effort between geneticists and archaeologists, new evidence about the structure of Iron Age society has been uncovered. At the heart of this discovery lies …
DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in …
Jan 15, 2025 · Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after …