Lara M. Cassidy

2 months ago | nature.com | Lara M. Cassidy |Martin Smith |Harry Manley |Emily Breslin |Iseult Jackson |Maeve McCann | +4 more

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08409-6 Published online 15 January 2025In the version of the article initially published, Phillip Endicott’s first affiliation was the “Department of Genomics...” and has now been amended to the “Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia” in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

Jan 15, 2025 | nature.com | Lara M. Cassidy |Martin Smith |Harry Manley |Emily Breslin |Iseult Jackson |Maeve McCann | +4 more

AbstractRoman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women remarkable1. In southern Britain, the Late Iron Age Durotriges tribe often buried women with substantial grave goods2. Here we analyse 57 ancient genomes from Durotrigian burial sites and find an extended kin group centred around a single maternal lineage, with unrelated (presumably inward migrating) burials being predominantly male.

Apr 24, 2024 | nature.com | Lara M. Cassidy

NEWS AND VIEWS 24 April 2024 Genetic pedigrees spanning nine generations uncover the social organization of a nomadic empire that dominated much of central and eastern Europe from the sixth to the early ninth century. Have you ever tried to draw your family tree? If so, you’ll know how quickly things become unwieldy — with each generation back, first-hand knowledge diminishes as the number of branches increases exponentially.