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DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain
Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from north-east England suggests
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DNA analysis of over 500 pre‑Roman burials from north‑east England shows a society structured around women, with large matrilineal clans traceable through up to nine generations and frequent absence of fathers from burial sites. The data also indicate that some women had multiple male partners and that unions often linked two maternal clans repeatedly.
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