Matriarchy and matrilineality
A major point of contention throughout anthropology from as early as the 19th century was the difference, if any, in social status between … 展开

Prehistoric art
The Upper Paleolithic era is known for displaying a wealth of artistic representations of women, which are generally grouped together under the … 展开

Study of the human mitochondria has allowed geneticists to begin pinpointing the matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all humanity, i.e. the last-living woman from which all modern humans are descended in an unbroken mother-to-daughter line, known as the 展开

• Great Goddess hypothesis
• Women in archaeology
• Darwin and women 展开

• Gimbutas, Marija (1996). The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe: Myths and Cult Images. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-25398-1.
• "Paleolithic art", at the Encyclopedia Britannica. 展开