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Among the earliest fossil finds of genus “homo” are the remains of two young children and of a group of related adults who were discovered by the French-American archeological team of Don Johanson and Maurice Taieb.
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Werner, E.E. (1982). Child Nurturance in other Cultures: A Perspective. In: Kostelnik, M.J., Rabin, A.I., Phenice, L.A., Soderman, A.K. (eds) Patterns of Supplementary Parenting. Child Nurturance. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6631-1_7
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