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ArticleNature2025

Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China.

Jincheng Wang, Shi Yan, Zhenguang Li, Jinguo Zan, Yichao Zhao, Jin Zhao, Kui Chen, Xueye Wang, Ting Ji, Cheng Zhang and 18 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Jincheng Wang *School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0006-9863-8222
Shi Yan *School of Ethnology and Sociology, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China.
Zhenguang LiShandong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jinan, China.
Jinguo ZanShandong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jinan, China.
Yichao ZhaoShandong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jinan, China.
Jin ZhaoDongying Museum, Dongying, China.
Kui ChenCultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Research Institute of Shandong, Zibo, China.
Xueye WangCenter for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Ting JiKey Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1392-036X
Cheng ZhangSchool of Ethnology and Sociology, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China.
Tingyu YangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0006-1505-9920
Tianming ZhangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Rui QiaoSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Meilin GuoSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Zongyue RaoSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jiashuo ZhangSchool of Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Guanbo WangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5468-8993
Zhiyu RanSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0001-7763-412X
Chen DuanSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Fan ZhangCenter for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yin SongSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xiaohong WuSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3819-0829
Ruth MaceDepartment of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6137-7739
Bo SunShandong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Jinan, China. sunbo1969000@126.com.ORCID 0009-0004-6581-9225
Yuhong PangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing, China. pangyuhong@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0009-0006-5464-3521
Yanyi HuangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing, China. yanyi@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-7297-1266
Hai ZhangSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China. haizhang@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8237-5057
Chao NingSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing, China. cning@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-8848-3961

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of ancient DNA from cemeteries provide valuable insights into early human societies, and have strongly indicated patrilocality

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CemeteriesDNA, AncientAgricultureArchaeologyBayes TheoremBurialChinaFemaleHistory, AncientHumansMaleMilletsRadiometric DatingDNA, Ancient

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PMID40468069
PMCPMC12310535

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