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One thing I have lately wondered about, is whether humans were mostly patrilocal before the dawn of recorded history, or mostly matrilocal, or sometimes one and
by solidsnack9000 9y ago
One thing I have lately wondered about, is whether humans were mostly patrilocal before the dawn of recorded history, or mostly matrilocal, or sometimes one and sometimes the other.
There are some matrilocal societies now extent which seem to date from the dawn of recorded history, like the Muso.
- contingencies 9y agoDo you mean the Mosuo of Yunnan? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo Another interesting prehistoric tradition still alive in Yunnan but which has almost died out is cliff burial - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_coffins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_coffins - recently I searched for and found the sole remaining area in which it is practiced across continential Eurasia in a remote part of eastern Yunnan.