A study published Wednesday detailed the DNA analysis of a mysterious warrior culture that inhabited Europe some 1,500 years ago and their strange societal practices.
Researchers analyzed hundreds of skeletons belonging to nine generations of the Avar culture who buried their dead in the Great Hungarian Plain and found their marital practices to be fairly specific, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Initial analysis revealed that men within the culture stayed within it while women married into the culture. It also appears that people had multiple partners within the society.
Avars were a nomadic people but appeared to settle in the Carpathian Basin in the 6th century, establishing huge cemeteries containing substantial tombs sometimes filled with weapons, horses, and jewelry, Live Science noted. The Avars’ rule in the region fell after the invasion of Charlemagne…
