Tracing descent through the female line.
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Examples for "matrilineal "
Examples for "matrilineal "
1 It is one of the last matrilineal and matriarchal societies on Earth.
2 Of course, what feels like a matrilineal curse is not really ours.
3 The arrangement suggests that matrilineal descent prevails, but there is probably some error.
4 Mitochondrial Eve is the most recent common ancestor of all humans along the matrilineal line.
5 Analyses of mitochondrial DNA yield insights into matrilineal history, which may differ from patrilineal evolution.
1 Although this cannot be proved, it seems quite plausible because we know of matrilinear societies in the South of China at later times.
2 From these facts and from the general structure of Shang religion it has been concluded that there was a strong matrilinear strain in Shang culture.
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