According to an study in an ancient city, more than 9,000 years ago, women living in “maternal society” were most likely. Published This week in science.
Researchers pulled out ancient genomes of more than 130 skeletons from 35 separate houses on çatalhöyük, Ancient city In Türkiye, southern Anatolia is considered one of the best preserved neoliberate settlements. Around 395 skeletons, a mixture of men and women, were found in the grave pits under the floor of the city’s mudbric houses. Occupied for more than 1,000 years (9000 to 8000 BCE), the city was known for its female sculptures, a “maternal goddess” creed potential representatives of the cult and a maternal society.
A team of genetics, archaeologists and biological anthropologists used state -of -the -art technology to analyze the DNA of skeletons in 12 years and found that the maternal dynasty had an important role in adding domestic members, as is depicted by buried within each building.
During the early years in çatalhöyük, family members were buried together, but over time, habits changed, and researchers found that many dead had no biological relations. Where there was a genetic relationship, it was through the female line, which suggests the husband to move to the wife’s house at the time of marriage, the researchers said.
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Using genetic sequencing, researchers estimated that 70 to 100% of the time, female children are attached to buildings, while adult men would have gone away. There was also a clear pattern of preferred treatment towards women, which featured women five times more severe items than men with findings.
“We need to move away from our western prejudices that all societies believe that there are all societies. Many cultures, including some indigenous Australian groups, pass identity, land rights, and responsibilities through the mother’s line-a matriarchal system,” co-author Dr. Study Allen Shotsman,. A research partner At the University of Wolongong School of Science, Australia, Said In a statement.
Researchers of researchers studying social networks in Celtic Society in Britain before the Roman invasion, these conclusions came after several months after collecting genetic evidence from the cemetery of a late iron era and found Those women were closely belonging to the women, while unrelated men moved to the community from elsewhere after marriage.
Using an ancient DNA examination recovered from 57 tombs in Dorset in South West England, they were studied, published. Journal natureThis indicates that two-thirds of the person descended from a single maternal lineage. This shows that women had some control of land and property, as well as strong social support, the researchers said.
On the release of its findings, the researchers said, “It is possible that the maternal lineage was the primary shaper of the group identity.”
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