Explores DNA of ancient Celts: We found skeletons of two-meter princes, they outnumbered them all, they must have been considered gods

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Explores DNA of ancient Celts: We found skeletons of two-meter princes, they outnumbered them all, they must have been considered gods

The plague raged in Europe as early as the Stone Age. The Mayans did not sacrifice virgins to the gods, but little boys, often brothers. The early Celts adhered to a strong social hierarchy, and the elites ceded power within a single family, but along the female line. We know all this thanks to DNA preserved in a tooth or part of the skull of people who died thousands of years ago. Archaeogenetics is a discipline in which knowledge [...]