Iron age men left home to join wives’ families, DNA study suggests
Study highlights role of women in Celtic Britain and challenges assumptions most societies were patrilocal
Makes sense if single males are more solitary. Once you find a squad you post up
That's not what the data suggests. Single males weren't necessarily solitary (they would have likely been living with whatever family raised them), and the DNA evidence suggests they would leave whatever family they were part of to join their partner/spouse's family.
These weren't lonely guys finding a mate and moving out of convenience or utility, this was cultural marriage behavior.
Oh man. Is this alpha male theory 101?
What? No? The way I understand the comment at least, it's suggesting that males are more socially solitary. There's plenty of evidence suggesting that women, from a biological perspective, are more heavily tuned towards socialising (e.g. are more adept at giving and recognising subtle social cues, and maintaining larger social networks).
If that is the case, it makes sense that the men, who likely maintained smaller social networks within whatever group (family, tribe, etc.) they came from, would leave that group and integrate with the women group, rather than opposite.
Hell, some modern age men do this too.
What’re you doing, bro-in-law?
A son is a son until he gets a wife. A daughter's a daughter for the rest of her life.
Iron, pfft. Makes men weak! Real men use stone!
My bf is an Iron Man!
Just passed around like cattle eh?
Ok buddy
Like... all of them? What is this headline trying to imply?