Ancient DNA from 5 Neolithic cairns in Caithness and Orkney maps fathers, sons, brothers — and two women on an island more closely related to men on the mainland than to those buried beside them. #Archaeogenetics #NeolithicBritain #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-dead-knew-each-other-kinship
The Dead Knew Each Other: Kinship, Descent, and the Neolithic Tombs of Northern Scotland
Ancient DNA from five chambered cairns in Caithness and Orkney reveals a web of biological relationships spanning generations and the Pentland Firth.

