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To: BGHater

Hmmm.... I’d be careful trying to compare these people to what we consider the modern nuclear family.

As was the case throughout most of human history, they probably lived in a multi-generational family setting, with three or more generations (including widowed aunts, bachelor uncles and infirm grandparents) living close by.

The post WWII nuclear family of mom, dad and the kids is a historical anomaly.


7 posted on 11/17/2008 9:20:23 AM PST by Citizen Blade (What would Ronald Reagan do?)
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To: Citizen Blade

The article said testing done on the remains indicate they were related as mother, father, and sons. But the article did agree with your assertion that we mustn’t assume this was the norm.


9 posted on 11/17/2008 9:22:19 AM PST by erkyl (The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, stay neutral)
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To: Citizen Blade
By definition, the nuclear family is mother/father. Relatives beyond that aren't nuclear, they are peripheral to the central grouping. Extended family groupings that include aunts uncles, cousins etc are clan groups.

The fact that these people were buried together like this suggests that this culture consciously separated the nuclear family from the rest of the group. Pretty neat but I would guess nuclear families as the human norm are at least 10,000 years old.

19 posted on 11/17/2008 9:57:42 AM PST by Varda
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