For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, Ph.D.

During the medieval period, practices like dowry and child marriage became widespread, and marriage itself became a more ...

Analyses of ancient genomes show that the choice of marriage partners was determined ... house brought her sister into the family, as her child was also buried in the same grave.

A team of international researchers analyzing the genomes of ancient human remains ... One of the marriage partners brought her sister and a child. It’s a very complex group of people living ...

"We had no reason to suspect the child's parents were closely related." In most societies, relationships between close kin are viewed as taboo. But in some ancient cultures, the elites were not ...