In addition to NASA’s big news on possibly-habitable planets nearby, last week saw a number of other big events in the world of science. Here’s the scoop. Evidence of matrilineal society in New Mexico ...

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 ...

Peking University, June 10, 2025: In a discovery that sheds new light on the lives of prehistoric people in China, a team of researchers from Peking University and the Shandong Institute of Cultural ...

In a quiet corner of eastern China, nestled between the Tai-Yi Mountains and the Bohai Sea, a discovery has upended long-standing assumptions about ancient societies. At the Neolithic site of Fujia, ...

I am writing this on Mother’s Day, my favorite day of the year, for it seems as if peace comes naturally to the world then. This summer I am destined for a trip to see my 96-year-old mother, who lives ...

KOLKATA: For hundreds of years, Meghalaya's Khasi community, the largest ethnic group in the northeastern state, has followed a rare matrilineal system, where lineage and inheritance pass through the ...

In the lush hills of India’s Meghalaya state, the Khasi tribe thrives in one of the world’s last matrilineal societies, where women hold the reins of inheritance, family, and legacy. This documentary ...