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Oldest nuclear family 'murdered'


18 November 2008, Julian Siddle for BBC News:

"The oldest genetically identifiable nuclear family met a violent death, according to analysis of remains from 4,600-year-old burials in Germany."

"Writing in the journal PNAS, researchers say the broken bones of these stone age people show they were killed in a struggle."

Comparisons of DNA from one grave confirm it contained a mother, father, and their two children. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7733372.stm
amd Posted by amd
18th November 2008ce

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