Incest uncovered at the elite prehistoric Newgrange monument in Ireland
Abstract
The huge, elaborate, 5,000-year-old tomb at Newgrange, Ireland, is thought to have been built for a powerful elite. DNA of a man buried there reveals a case of incest. Was this a strategy to maintain a dynastic bloodline?
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- June 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1038/d41586-020-01655-4
- Bibcode:
- 2020Natur.582..347S