Evidence of a patrilineal descent system for western Eurasian Bell Beaker communities
Skeletal remains of an adult and a child at Altwies Op dem Boesch. Credit: Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques, Luxembourg
Poignant prehistoric burials containing the remains of an adult and child laid in a grave as though embracing in death have long fascinated archaeologists.
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