The Great Gender Divergence

The Great Gender Divergence

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Did Iron Age Britain have pockets of Matriliny?
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Did Iron Age Britain have pockets of Matriliny?

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An awesome study just out in Nature may rock your priors! Iron Age Britain included a number of female-centric societies, as described by the Romans! Lara Cassidy and colleagues analysed 57 burials in Dorset, where they uncovered evidence of a matrilocal society - where men moved to live with their wives!!

What does this teach us about cultural evolution?

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