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Ancient genome analyses shed light on kinship organization and mating practice of Late Neolithic society in China.
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- Descent, marriage, and residence practices of a 3,800-year-old pastoral community in Central Eurasia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- DNA insights into Neolithic society.Nature human behaviour · 2023Article
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Abstract
Anthropology began in the late nineteenth century with an emphasis on kinship as a key factor in human evolution. From the 1960s, archaeologists attempted increasingly sophisticated ways of reconstructing prehistoric kinship but ancient DNA analysis has transformed the field, making it possible, to directly examine kin relations from human skeletal remains. Here, we retrieved genomic data from four Late Neolithic individuals in central China associated with the Late Neolithic Longshan culture. We provide direct evidence of consanguineous mating in ancient China, revealing inbreeding among the Longshan populations. By combining ancient genomic data with anthropological and archaeological evidence, we further show that Longshan society household was built based on the extended beyond the nuclear family, coinciding with intensified social complexity during the Longshan period, perhaps showing the transformation of large communities through a new role of genetic kinship-based extended family units.
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