Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has ...

Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 ...

It is exciting to find a matrilineal society in Neolithic China to support Engels’ hypothesis. — Yu Dong is at Shandong University, Qingdao, China. Behind the paper ...

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

The flowing celestial robes in Dunhuang murals, featuring flying goddesses, and the legendary attempt by Wan Hu to reach ...

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early ...

IN his Conway Memorial Lecture, "Science and Society in Ancient China", delivered on May 12, 1947, Dr. Joseph Needham attempts to sketch a pattern of the organisation of Chinese feudal society and ...

Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

Neolithic society in eastern China tracing descent through female line lasted 250 years and at least 10 generations, ... the team analysed ancient DNA from 60 individuals dating to between 2750 ...

In China, it constitutes a writing character that can be translated as “infinity” and is associated with creation and the manifestation of the divine, which is why Daoyuan chose it for the flag of the ...

Chronologically, the ancient period of the Olympic Movement corresponded in Chinese history to the period from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC) to the Jin Dynasty (265-240 AD), while the ...

In ancient Chinese society, it was the only day when young girls were allowed to go out to admire the lanterns and meet boys. As a result, it’s also been dubbed Chinese Valentine’s Day.