Journal article

Incest uncovered at the elite prehistoric Newgrange monument in Ireland

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Creator
  • Sheridan, Alison J
2020

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?

Metadata

Resource Type
  • Journal article
Creator
  • Sheridan, Alison J
Date published
  • 2020-06-17
Institution
  • National Museums Scotland
Organisational unit
  • Scottish History & Archaeology
Journal title
  • Nature
Volume
  • 582
Pagination
  • 347-349
Publisher
  • Springer Nature
Place of publication
  • Switzerland
eISSN
  • 1476-4687
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DOI
  • doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01655-4
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