1,000-year-old remains in Finland may be non-binary iron age leader

DNA suggests body buried in feminine attire with swords had Klinefelter syndrome, researchers sayModern analysis of a 1,000-year-old grave in Finland challenges long-held beliefs about gender roles in ancient societies, and may suggest non-binary people were not only accepted but respected members of their communities, researchers have said.According to a peer-reviewedstudy in the European Journal of Archaeology, DNA analysis of remains in a late iron age grave at Suontaka Vesitorninm äki in Hattula, southern Finland, may have belonged to a high-status non-binary person.Continue reading...
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