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DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain

Science | 2026-08-13 at 16:00 UTC | Source: www.newscientist.com
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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