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Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women: « The researchers seized upon a rare opportunity to sequence DNA from many members of a single community. »


A groundbreaking study led by geneticists from Trinity finds evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live with their wife’s community.

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