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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy
by jxy 8y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriarchy
- porpoisely 8y agoI originally wrote "female selection didn't happen much in human society" but changed it since those societies were rather fringe and aren't the dominant human society. I know there were pockets of it. I remember watching a documentary on a small chinese ethnic group that practiced matriarchy and polygamy. But that's not the dominant nor the successful human society. 99% of human beings live in a patriarchical society. China, Europe, Americas, most of africa, Middle East, etc. Edit: Here is the PBS documentary if anyone is interested. https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/introduction_to.html https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/introductio... And the chinese ethnic group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo
- bilbo0s 8y agoTrue. Most of the matriarchies were in Africa, and they were decimated completely when European colonizers showed up. There were a few matriarchies elsewhere, but not many. Most human societies were patriarchies. It would be interesting, from a purely scientific point of view, to see what the african matriarchies would have developed into? How does that sort of thing affect development? Etc.