These frosty periods typically last around 10,000 years and are related to the planet’s orbit and our star’s solar cycle. It is rumoured that the next ice age is coming! Summer is hotter than winter – ...
Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and matrilocal, with women holding status and influence. A study published ...
Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that ...
The authors analysed the genomes of 57 individuals buried in Iron Age cemeteries associated with Durotrigian communities in southern Britain. They discovered that most individuals were related through ...
This pattern, known as matrilocality, where women remain in their native social networks and men marry in, is uncommon in history, challenging previous archaeological assumptions about Iron Age ...
An international team of geneticists, led by researchers from Trinity College in collaboration with archaeologists from Bournemouth University, has uncovered secrets of the social structure of Iron ...