New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and political power.

Releasing report by Tamil Nadu archeology dept at Anna Centenary Library, Stalin says samples excavated from archaeological sites in the state were sent to labs around the world.

The Tamil Nadu government announced groundbreaking archaeological research that revealed iron production origins in the state. According to Chief Minister MK Stalin, the latest research challenged existing historical understanding of the Indian subcontinent.

The use of iron in Tamil Nadu can be dated back to the first quarter of the 4th millennium BCE, according to fresh findings published by the State’s Archaeology Department, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said during an event at the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai on Thursday (January 23,

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands relocating to live within their wives' communities. This marks the first documented instance of such a system in European prehistory.

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel Bradley from Trinity College Dublin successfully demonstrated that iron age people who were buried in Dorset from 100BC to AD100 practised matrilocality.

Lab results from world-renowned institutions show that the use of iron in Tamil Nadu dates back to the beginning of 4th millennium BCE establishing that iron usage was prominent in South India over 5,

Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable, according to surviving written records. New DNA research from the University of Bournemouth shows one of the ways this empowerment manifested—inheritance through the female line.

Iron Age could well have begun in today's Tamil Nadu, at least 1,000 years before it was earlier estimated, recent dating of samples from bur.

Chennai: Proclaiming to the world, ‘The Iron Age began on Tamil soil,’ Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said, with immense pride and unmatched satisfaction, that the use of iron in Tamil

Fragments of copper alloy unearthed at one of Britain's most important archaeology sites have been revealed to be parts of an incredibly rare Iron Age helmet. The discovery was made by the British Museum during a 15-year project analysing 14 hoards of gold,

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 related along a single matrilineal line.