Prehistoric grandparents may be key to early human success

The Takeaway

New archeological evidence suggests that what may have kept our early ancestors alive were their grandparents. According to Dr. Rachel Caspari, a biological anthropologist and author of the article, “The Evolution of Grandparents,” the emergence of three generation families nearly 35,000 years ago may have been the key to helping early human societies expand.

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