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01-The Last Matriarchy

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Swarnali Mukherjee
Jun 13, 2021
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Welcome to my new short series The Last Matriarchy!

Chapter-1

The Mosuo, China

Matrilineal kinship womens health - Among the ethnically Mosuo community in China, some groups are matrilineal, meaning inheritance passes from mothers to their children rather than from fathers to sons.
The Mosuo people belong to a rare Matrilineal society where inheritance passes from the mother to the eldest girl child in the family. Patrick Aventurier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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