A stone-age burial in central Germany has yielded the earliest evidence of people living together as a family.
The 4,600-year-old grave contained the remains of a man, woman and two youngsters, and DNA analysis shows they were a mother, father and their children.
"Their unity in death suggests unity in life," researchers said in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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The 4,600-year-old grave contained the remains of a man, woman and two youngsters, and DNA analysis shows they were a mother, father and their children.
"Their unity in death suggests unity in life," researchers said in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Link to the Rest of the Article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27770938/
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- dissimulator
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It makes sense that people related would be buried together, especially if they all died at the same time from an outside attack, or disease of some kind. There's another interesting article of a find:
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- Patio_Patty
- 12 months ago
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damn!
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extremely intriguing.
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- thedismembermentplan
- 12 months ago
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