DNA extracted from 57 individuals buried in a 2,000-year-old cemetery provides evidence of a "matrilocal" community in Iron ...

The DNA comes from human remains taken from a late iron age cemetery (circa 100BC – AD100) of the Durtriges tribe in Dorset.

Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn't surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near Dorset, England. But she was quite surprised to find most of them were ...

In anthropology and archeology, the structure of human societies can be determined ... Data from earlier,smaller genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain also have a similar pattern.

The structure of human societies is shaped by where married couples tend to reside ... The authors analysed the genomes of 57 individuals buried in Iron Age cemeteries associated with Durotrigian ...

The study also uncovers previously undetected Late Iron Age migrations across the English ... DNA and the Y chromosome diversify across human populations are called haplogroups.

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, ...

Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday claimed that the “iron age” began in southern India 5,300 years ago, contesting accumulated archaeological evidence indicating that iron smelting ...

Rajan and R. Sivanantham, Mr. Stalin said: “The Iron Age began on Tamil soil.” He went on to cite carbon dating results from renowned institutions. The finding meant that iron usage was ...