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The 'Shaman of Stonehenge' was actually a woman, DNA analysis reveals

DNA analysis reveals that the skeleton known as the 'Shaman of Stonehenge' belongs to a woman.

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Buried near the British Neolithic site, this individual was long thought to be a male metallurgist.

The finding challenges two centuries of archaeological interpretations.

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Cette découverte corrige une erreur historique de deux siècles et éclaire les pratiques funéraires et les rôles de genre dans les sociétés néolithiques britanniques, un enjeu majeur pour l’archéologie européenne.

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