Celtic society in England was female-focused 2,000 years ago, a genetic study of Iron Age skeletons reveals. DNA analysis of dozens of ancient burials uncovered a community whose lineage could be ...

As the mitochondrial DNA results for each individual came in ... Previous studies have suggested that Celtic languages probably arrived in Britain between 1000 BC and 875 BC, but the new findings ...

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, found that British Celtic ...

Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... languages and art styles – sometimes referred to as Celtic – lived in England before the Roman invasion in 43 A.D. Valuable ...

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 ...