ynast ies , ▁when ▁the ▁previous ▁system ▁of ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁was ▁abol ished . ▁In ▁some ▁cases , ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁el dest ▁son , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁el dest ▁son , ▁was ▁fav ored . ▁R it ual ▁prim ogen iture ▁was ▁emphas ized ▁in ▁the ▁line age ▁organizations ▁of ▁North ▁China . ▁During ▁the ▁Long sh an ▁culture ▁period ▁and ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁D ynast ies ▁( X ia , ▁Z hou ▁and ▁Shang ), ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁pre domin ated . ▁ ▁Among ▁Mong ols ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁usually ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁young est ▁son ▁had ▁a ▁special ▁position ▁because ▁he ▁c ared ▁for ▁his ▁parents ▁in ▁their ▁old ▁age . ▁On ▁their ▁death ▁he ▁inherited ▁the ▁parent al ▁tent , ▁which ▁was ▁connected ▁with ▁the ▁religious ▁cult ▁in ▁Mong ol ▁trad itions , ▁though ▁all ▁sons ▁received ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁equal ▁shares ▁of ▁liv est ock ▁as ▁they ▁married . ▁However , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁this ▁popular ly ▁held ▁notion , ▁more ▁rig orous ▁and ▁subst anti ated ▁anth rop ological ▁studies ▁of ▁kin ship ▁and ▁family ▁in ▁central ▁Asian ▁pe op les ▁strongly ▁indicate ▁that ▁in ▁these ▁soci eties ▁elder ▁sons ▁and ▁their ▁lines ▁of ▁descent ▁had ▁higher ▁status ▁than ▁younger ▁sons ▁and ▁their ▁lines ▁of ▁descent . ▁In ▁central ▁Asia , ▁all ▁members ▁of ▁a ▁line age ▁were ▁termin olog ically ▁distinguished ▁by ▁generation ▁and ▁age , ▁with ▁senior ▁superior ▁to ▁junior . ▁The ▁line age