Neolithic China – Olden DNA

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Aug

ancient DNA (aDNA), Evolution

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DNA Reveals Ancient China’s Powerful Women: A 5,000-Year-Old Matrilineal Society

For a long time, history books have mostly shown us a world where men were in charge societies run by fathers and sons. But what if it wasn’t always like that? What if, thousands of years ago, women were the leaders, guiding their communities and deciding their future? Now, new discoveries in China, thanks to
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17

Jun

ancient DNA (aDNA)

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Ancient DNA Reveals a Matrilineal Society in Neolithic China

For decades, studies of ancient DNA have pointed to patrilocal societies where men stayed in their birth communities while women moved as the dominant social structure in early human civilizations. However, groundbreaking research from the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China has uncovered something unexpected: a stable matrilineal society that thrived for over
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