Celtic society in England was female-focused 2,000 years ago, a genetic study of Iron Age skeletons reveals. DNA analysis of dozens of ancient burials uncovered a community whose lineage could be ...

Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that social networks revolved around women ...

An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal lineages, according to a DNA analysis. By Becky Ferreira A tantalizing ...

Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... languages and art styles — sometimes referred to as Celtic — lived in England before the Roman invasion in 43 A.D. Valuable ...

A groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals an extraordinarily different social structure in Iron Age Britain, showing that Celtic communities were, in fact, matrilocal. Here, married women ...

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, ...

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