Neolithic matrilineal society in ancient China

Studies of ancient DNA have generally found that societies in Neolithic and Bronze Age Eurasia were organized around the male line. However, investigation of the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China reveals a Neolithic community organized around two maternal clans — suggesting that this prehistoric society traced its ancestry through the maternal line. Studies of the Fujia cemeteries in eastern China reveal a Neolithic community that seems to have been organized matrilineally.