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Huge thanks to co-authors Loïa Lamarque @anthroloia.bsky.social, Banrida Langstieh and Michel Raymond.
This work bridges #anthropology #publichealth and #genderequality
Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
#matriliny #womenshealth #India #socialscience #research #healthequity #propertyright

Original post on c.im

These Chinese scholars, led by Jingcheng Wang, with Ruth Mace also involved, very appropriately reference this article by our own Chris Knight
'Early human kinship was matrilineal'.
In this rollicking read, he tells the story of Boas, Radcliffe-Brown & Malinowski censoring the #matriliny debates […]

Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China - Nature Analysis of ancient DNA, stable isotope data and archaeological evidence from the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China suggests it was populated by a matrilineal Neolithic community between 2750 and 2500 bc.

#Matriliny in Neolithic E #China over 4500 years ago among millet farmers on the coast, with dual organisation of matrilineal clans.

#anthropology #kinship #palaeogenomics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09103-x

Original study: A. Z. Reynolds et al., #Matriliny reverses #gender disparities in #inflammation and #hypertension among the #Mosuo of #China, @PNASNews 117(48), 2020. 🔓

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2014403117

When Kinship Is Traced Through Women, Their Health Follows When family ties are linked through mothers, there may be...

"#Matriliny doesn’t reverse #gender biases so that women dominate men. It seems to reduce inequality significantly for a healthier population overall, at least among #Mosuo people."

www.sapiens.org/culture/matrilineal-kins... via @SAPIENS_org

Original study:

@adamZreynolds et al., #Matriliny reverses #gender disparities in #inflammation and #hypertension among the #Mosuo of China, @PNASNews December 1, 2020 117 (48) 30324-30327. 🔓

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/48/30324