An excellent exploration of Britain's origins through seven burial sites. Using new developments in genetics and examining important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today. In the book "Ancestors," the leading archaeologist, broadcaster, and academic Alice Roberts explores what we can learn about the early Britons from burial sites and using new technology for ancient DNA analysis. Narrated through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went and how we ended up on this island. It explores forgotten journeys and migration memories that have been inscribed in genes and preserved in the ground for thousands of years. This book is about belonging: walking in ancient places, in the footsteps of ancestors. It explores the interplay of our global origins and the human experience that connects us all. It is about reaching back through time to find oneself and one's place in the world.