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DNA insights into Neolithic society

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Ancient DNA can inform reconstructions of prehistoric social organization, but most evidence comes from elite burial grounds. Rivollat et al. analyse ancient DNA and archaeological evidence from 94 individuals at a non-monumental graveyard in France: Gurgy ‘les Noisats’. Their results reveal a patrilocal community who buried relatives close to one another.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kendra Sirak

  2. Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Sirak, K. DNA insights into Neolithic society. Nat Hum Behav 7, 1245–1246 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01668-9

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