Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. Note: Licensed content. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)
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17 January 2023
Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, were shocked when they discovered that such weddings were...