A professor told us that there was matriarchy in the Neolithic, but it was my belief this wasn't thought of as being the case anymore by scholars. Did matriarchy exist in the Neolithic? What's the current scholarly consensus on matriarchy in the Neolithic?

You may find this comment thread interesting My humanities teacher claims that in prehistory, human society was generally matriarchal, b... with answers, questions, clarifications and the like written by u/OnlyDeanCanLayEggs u/Tiako u/jschooltiger u/cleopatra_philopater u/RioAbajo u/Snapshot52. Note that one of the comments links outside the sub to r/AskAnthropology for additional reading.