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 findings provide new insights into the social structure of ancient Britain, highlighting the significant role women played within their communities. While not necessarily indicating ...

This is why Cassidy and her colleagues were surprised to find remains of a Celtic tribe that lived during the Iron Age in Britain from around 100 BCE to 100 CE where it appeared, after studying their ...

It's adding to that pile of evidence that women were able to wield quite a lot of social and political influence ... communities by examining the ancient DNA of groups that were buried together ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society ... An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows that two-thirds of the ...