Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — ...

Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age ...

DNA extracted from 57 individuals buried in a 2,000-year-old cemetery provides evidence of a "matrilocal" community in Iron ...

The Iron Age burials of powerful women revealed land and leadership may have been passed down through a mother’s line, new ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new ...

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

DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.

The discovery is linked to "matrilocality," a social system where a married couple lives with or near the wife's parents ...

DNA was sequenced from a number of individuals (Pic: Bournemouth University) "This was the cemetery of a large kin group," said Dr Lara Cassidy, Assistant Professor in TCD's Department of Genetics.

Scientists from Trinity College, Dublin, and Bournemouth University collaborated to learn about the societies of Iron Age ...