{"id":35379,"date":"2025-06-28T20:44:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ancient-city-possibly-ruled-by-females-living-in-a-matriarchal-society-more-than-9000-years-ago-researchers-say\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T20:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:44:30","slug":"ancient-city-possibly-ruled-by-females-living-in-a-matriarchal-society-more-than-9000-years-ago-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ancient-city-possibly-ruled-by-females-living-in-a-matriarchal-society-more-than-9000-years-ago-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient city possibly ruled by females living in a &#8220;matriarchal society&#8221; more than 9,000 years ago, researchers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a &#8220;matriarchal society&#8221; more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adr2915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">published<\/a>\u00a0in Science this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Researchers extracted the ancient genomes of more than 130 skeletons from 35 different houses at \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck, <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1405\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an ancient city<\/a> considered one of the most well-preserved Neolithic settlements in southern Anatolia in Turkey. About 395 skeletons, a mix of males and females, were found in grave pits under the floors of the city&#8217;s mudbrick houses. Occupied for more than 1,000 years (9000 to 8000 BCE), the city was known for its female figurines, possible representatives of a &#8220;Mother Goddess&#8221; cult and signs of a matriarchal society.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A team of geneticists, archaeologists, and biological anthropologists used cutting-edge technology to analyze the DNA of skeletons over 12 years and found that maternal lineage had a key role in connecting household members, as represented by burials within each building.<\/p>\n<p>During the early years in \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck, family members were buried together, but over time, habits changed, and researchers found many of the dead had no biological connection. Where there was a genetic connection, it was through the female line, suggesting husbands relocated to the wife&#8217;s household upon marriage, researchers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/28\/f93069ef-f91a-4ecf-bec3-a5d32c061854\/thumbnail\/620x413\/9284163605ca5a3416631bb8fad256b5\/gettyimages-2052270519.jpg#\" alt=\"A 8,600 year-old bread is found during excavation in Catalhoyuk \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/28\/f93069ef-f91a-4ecf-bec3-a5d32c061854\/thumbnail\/620x413\/9284163605ca5a3416631bb8fad256b5\/gettyimages-2052270519.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/28\/f93069ef-f91a-4ecf-bec3-a5d32c061854\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/ed660662618ba4a85209e3f9b02e1c9d\/gettyimages-2052270519.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An excavation site is seen at the ancient city of \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Serhat Cetinkaya\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using genetic sequencing, researchers estimated that 70 to 100% of the time, female offspring remained connected to buildings, whereas adult male offspring may have moved away. There was also a clear pattern of preferential treatment toward females, with findings showing five times more grave goods offered to females than to males.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to move away from our Western bias that assumes all societies are patrilineal. Many cultures, including some Indigenous Australian groups, pass identity, land rights, and responsibilities through the mother&#8217;s line \u2014 a matrilineal system,&#8221; study co-author Dr. Eline Schotsmans, <a href=\"https:\/\/scholars.uow.edu.au\/eline-schotsmans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a research fellow<\/a> at Australia&#8217;s University of Wollongong&#8217;s School of Science,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uow.edu.au\/media\/2025\/ancient-skeletons-reveal-the-worlds-first-city-atalhoyuk-was-female-centred.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These findings come several months after researchers studying social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion gathered genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dna-women-society-britain-iron-age-jaw-dropping-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found <\/a><\/span>that women were closely related, while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Using an examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England, their study, published in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-04214-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">journal Nature<\/a>, 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Researchers said upon the release of their findings, &#8220;It is possible that maternal ancestry was the primary shaper of group identities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">The Associated  Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/cara-tabachnick\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cara  Tabachnick<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. 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