DoomsdaysCW<p>Another passion of mine is the history of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Çatalhöyük</span></a> site - and whether or not it had a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MatriachalSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatriachalSociety</span></a>! </p><p>Ancient city possibly ruled by females living in a "matriarchal society" more than 9,000 years ago, researchers say</p><p>By Cara Tabachnick <br>June 28, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "We need to move away from our Western bias that assumes all societies are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/patrilineal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patrilineal</span></a>. Many cultures, including some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousAustralian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAustralian</span></a> groups, pass identity, land rights, and responsibilities through the mother's line — a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/matrilineal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matrilineal</span></a> system,' study co-author Dr. Eline Schotsmans, a research fellow at Australia's University of Wollongong's School of Science, said in a statement. </p><p>"These findings come several months after researchers studying social networks in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CelticSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelticSociety</span></a> in Britain before the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RomanInvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanInvasion</span></a> gathered genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery and found that women were closely related, while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage. </p><p>"Using an examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dorset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dorset</span></a> in southwest England, their study, published in the journal Nature, shows that two-thirds of the individuals were descended from a single maternal lineage. This suggests that women had some control of land and property, as well as strong social support, researchers said. </p><p>"Researchers said upon the release of their findings, 'It is possible that maternal ancestry was the primary shaper of group identities.' "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-city-ruled-by-females-catalhoyuk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/ancient-city-</span><span class="invisible">ruled-by-females-catalhoyuk/</span></a></p><p>Original paper:<br><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr2915" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.adr2915</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Matrilineal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matrilineal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Matriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Matriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTurkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientTurkey</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Neolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neolithic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anatolia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anatolia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherGoddess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherGoddess</span></a></p>