Discover the world's oldest nuclear family remains

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb containing the remains of the world's oldest nuclear family. Parents go to eternity with two young sons, they lay there face to face for more than 4,000 years.

People believe that relatives or friends of the family have placed 4 people lying next to each other when they die.

This discovery sheds light on the life of early European civilizations. It also shows that the family values ​​have been known to man since before the Stonehenge.

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The world's oldest nuclear family.


Scientists say the family may have been murdered by some hostile tribe. They claim this is a family after assessing DNA from bone samples of four remains. In the picture, two babies are placed next to their parents, facing each other. 2 boys around 4 and 8 years old.

Dr. Alistair Pike, head of the Department of Archeology at Bristol University, who participated in the study, said: 'This is the first time we can prove that a family member has been buried together. In the previously discovered tombs, there are graves containing hundreds of remains. No matter who buried them, it is known that this is a family and a sense of importance when placing 4 people facing each other. '

There are many other graves around the grave of the nuclear family. This area is now in Eulau, Saxony-Anhalt state of Germany. Their funeral took place at the same time as the Stonehenge stone complex was built in England. The tomb was discovered in 2005 but until now the job of DNA assessment has been completed.

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The funeral of the nuclear family in Germany took place at the same time as the Stonehenge rock complex was built in England.


The mother, about 35-50 years old, is placed in the head position toward the sunrise. And the father about 40-60 years old is in the opposite position. The female was placed facing her parents.

The 'neighbors' of the nuclear family are also in the face-to-face posture, the hands of the people ring into the other person's hands. Each tomb has at least one child from birth to 10 years old.

Many of the remains of the wounded, showing that they were victims of a brutal looting - may have been the hands of the warriors of a hostile village.

* Note: Family family morphology includes parents, children and young children. This is a narrow family, often calling elementary families. (Source: Vietnam Encyclopedia)