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First-Ever DNA Study Of The Scythian Saka ‘Golden Man’ Solves Ancient Mystery

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent ancient DNA study suggests that Scythian elites may have passed down political power through family lines spanning several burial sites. By bringing together archaeology, anthropology, and genetics, this research sheds new light on how social inequality…

Ancient DNA evidence of dynastic power transmission across Scythian burial sites quietly pressures the assumption that hereditary elite structures were absent from steppe cultures — raising questions about how deep organizational complexity ran in nomadic
First-Ever DNA Study Of The Scythian Saka ‘Golden Man’ Solves Ancient Mystery
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