Ancient DNA reveals matrilineal organisation and recurrent unions between dominant matrilines in Iron Age Britain

Kinship practices underpin all traditional societies, forming the basis for socially sanctioned reproductive unions, residence patterns and the inheritance of rights and property1,2.

Kinship practices underpin all traditional societies, forming the basis for socially sanctioned reproductive unions, residence patterns and the inheritance of rights and property1,2. Although the relationship between biological relatedness and kinship is not always…