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Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals

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DNA from 55 skeletons were found in 5,000-year-old Stone Age tombs in Ireland .

The study suggests the tombs were made for the community, not for a ruling dynasty.

Instead of being royal tombs, the monuments may have been spots where people came together in different seasons to work, feast and bury their dead.

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