Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.

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 ...

“This tells us that husbands moved to join their wives’ communities upon marriage, with land potentially passed down through the female line. It’s relatively rare in modern societies, but this might ...

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 ...

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

How Viking and Germanic DNA Spread Through the Iron Age Migrations Follow the complex story of migrations in Europe during the first millennium, as Germanic and Viking ancestry spread across the ...

DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s families.

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by studying ancient and modern DNA.

Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.

Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in southern Britain shows that women were closely ...

Celtic Women Ruled Iron Age Britain, 2,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals The original Iron Ladies.