New DNA analysis has uncovered a 4,750-year-old female-led society in ancient China. Researchers say it is the oldest known matrilineal society, reports the South China Morning Post. A study published ...

What if patriarchy was never humanity’s original system? Explore the history of ancient matriarchies, how patriarchal ...

Scientists in China have discovered one of the oldest known matrilineal societies—where family lines and inheritance are traced through a community’s women, not its men. Archaeologists unearthed the ...

Does matriarchy exist? Peggy Reeves Sanday says yes. For two decades, Ms. Sanday, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, has been studying gender in West Sumatra, Indonesia. In ...

Brian Cox is a man of many thoughts. The seasoned actor shared his latest one on an episode of The Starting Line, a British interview podcast, telling the world his views on female-led society. “We ...