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Neolithic Tombs in Scotland Reveal Hidden Kinship Networks
One of the tombs at Loch Calder, in the Scottish Highlands. Credit: Professor Vicki Cummings / CC BY 4.0 Ancient DNA extracted from human remains in Scotland’s Neolithic tombs has revealed a remarkable web of family ties stretching across generations and geography. A new study shows that people buried in five prehistoric tombs in northern Scotland were genetically connected, suggesting these early farming communities shared not just cultural tra…
The first Neolithic settlers of northwest Europe used to build chamber tombs to bury their remains.These funeral spaces were often used for multiple burials so, now, the remains are often fragmented and mixed, making it difficult to establish clear kinship connections.Keep reading...
Scottish Neolithic tombs were used to trace kinship—including descent, DNA analysis reveals
Archaeologists have investigated genetic relationships between individuals buried in Neolithic chambered tombs in northern Scotland, suggesting monumental tombs may have been physical embodiments of prehistoric kinship, tracing lineages over centuries.
A team of archaeologists has managed to establish genetic relationships between individuals buried in Neolithic chamber tombs in northern Scotland, specifically in Caithness and the Orcada Islands, with a chronology ranging from 3800 to 3200 years before our era. The results of the study indicate that these funeral monuments, [...]
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