The social fabric of Iron Age Britain, spanning roughly from 800 BC to AD 100, has long puzzled historians and archaeologists. Recent breakthroughs in genetic analysis are now shedding light on the ...

New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

The DNA comes from human remains taken from a late iron age cemetery (circa 100BC—AD100) of the Durtriges tribe in Dorset.

Now, a team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from Bournemouth University have discovered ...

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England.

Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, as a new DNA study traces the origins of the ancient villains in the Eastern ...

This further suggests Iron Age Celtic women were ... as rare as we thought The study focused on an examination of ancient DNA from 57 graves in southwest England, which showed that two-thirds ...

A groundbreaking study has uncovered evidence of a society in Iron Age Britain where women played central roles in family, politics, and society. Using DNA from ancient burial sites, an international ...

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 people who were buried in ...