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Our Neolithic European ancestors were patrilineal people. Patrilineality is a kinship system whereby an individual's family membership derives from the father's direct paternal lineage.

One of the earliest examples of patrilineality comes from Neolithic Europe in 4800 BC, where two families buried in a necropolis in Gurgy, France, are both connected via the male line as determined by the structure of the burial and Y-DNA haplogroup analysis.

We receive culture, ancestry and religion from all of our European ancestors: Western Hunter-Gatherers, Western Steppe Herders and Early European Farmers.

5500 year old megalithic grave built during the earlier phase of the Funnel Beaker culture.

Located at Haväng just outside of Kivik.

The origins of the Northern European meadhall culture - expressed by the Germanic tribes - ultimately come from the Neolithic period. (Pollington, 2003; Gautier, 2006; Hornsey, 2012, p.341).

"The 'hall' - A high building with space inside to gather and hold a community - comes to the fore with the adoption of agriculture and the establishment of fixed settlements with defined boundaries and resources." -Stephen Pollington, Woden: A Historical Companion.

Image: Reconstruction of a Nordic Bronze Age longhouse at Hunneberget in Vætland, near Kristianstad, Scania, Sweden (from Björk & Carlie 2003, drawing by Björn Nilsson).

🇸🇪🇩🇰Measured average heights of various Late Neolithic, early Nordic Bronze Age skeletons from the Skåne region in Southern Sweden. From 'A tale of the tall : A short report on stature in Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age southern Scandinavia' https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lup/publication/b3f18a1b-5cbc-458d-978c-16dddf9a8710 🇸🇪🇩🇰

Nordic Bronze Age Warrior and Nordic Bronze Age Sun Dancer by JFOLIVERAS.

The 5,000-year-old Neolithic Dudderhouse Hill long cairn in Yorkshire, England, has been designated a Scheduled Monument by Historic England. This makes it illegal to alter or damage the site and grants it the highest level of heritage protection in England. Our Neolithic ancestral and cultural heritage lives on and is protected by law.