Ancient graves yield clues to family relationships
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 17:22
in Paleontology & Archaeology
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.
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