We detect its arrival in Britain by ~2.8 kry BP and Iberia by ~2.5 kyr BP. This work supports a Central European origin of the Celtic languages, spreading through successive expansions of the Urnfield, Hallstatt, and La Tène cultures.

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Using new ancient genomes from the Bronze and Iron Age, we traced the expansion of ancestry linked to the Urnfield culture (esp the Knovíz group) beginning 4-3.2 kyr BP. This spread across W Europe between 3.2-2.8 kyr BP into the Hallstatt culture in France, Germany, and Austria.

And a free link: archive.ph/sepI4

Well researched and accessible science writing is so important, it's crucial that publications like this continue to be funded.

This made me laugh when I listened a few weeks ago! Great interview, really enjoyed it