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

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

Animals are a focal point in the intricate carvings of Dian bronze ware, such as oxen, tigers, deer, monkeys, rabbits and ...

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 ...

Soar above Pingyao, one of China’s best-preserved ancient cities, where history and tradition come alive. This drone footage ...

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 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 ...

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 ...