Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age …
2 days ago · 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
3 days ago · An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain. Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women remarkable1.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
3 days ago · The researchers seized upon a rare opportunity to sequence DNA from many members of a single community. They retrieved over 50 ancient genomes from a set of burial grounds in Dorset, southern ...
Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis
3 days ago · DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age Britain
4 days ago · 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 to ad 100. The site is ...
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 presence of human aDNA (28 from the Bronze Age, 8 from the Iron Age I, …
Evidence of ancient DNA reveals the first European lineage in Iron Age ...
Here, we discuss our analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of human remains excavated from the Yu Hong tomb in Taiyuan, China, dated 1400 years ago. The burial style of this tomb is characteristic of Central Asia at that time.
A genetic history of continuity and mobility in the Iron Age central ...
Aug 17, 2023 · By studying these trans-Mediterranean neighbours together, we explore the complex interplay between local continuity and mobility that shaped the Iron Age societies of the central Mediterranean.
Here, we report genome-wide data of 10 Bronze and Iron Age individuals from Ashkelon. We find that the early Iron Age population was genetically distinct due to a European-related admixture. This genetic signal is no longer detectible in the later Iron Age population.
Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
2 days ago · 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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