"These results don’t prove women ruled this #prehistoric hill, but the evidence for matrilocality and matrilineality do suggest the people of #Çatalhöyük at least partly organized their society along gender lines. 'None of these concepts necessarily imply matriarchy, but they do point towards women’s autonomy and power in certain spheres of #Neolithic life,' says University College of London archaeologist #DavidWengrow, who was not involved with the research.
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https://www.science.org/content/article/stone-age-farmers-households-passed-mother-daughter