Pre-Historic Family

Pre-Historic Family According to Cohen (2018), pre-history is a period of family existence when the family was united strongly around father, mother, and children alongside other extended family members. The old members of the family were taken care of by young adult members of the family. An article by Barbara J. King expands on the topic by revealing other archeological findings of five footprints in mud dated back to 800000 years ago but also associated with a family of five people.

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The article not only adds to the existing knowledge but also cautions students from rushing to conclude that any archaeological findings of people should be concluded as a family particularly where DNA cannot be proved. The controversy raised by the article makes the topic interesting but also enables learners to be critical and analytical in every piece of information they acquire concerning a particular topic (King, 2014).

The image below belongs to the Maasai community in Kenya, East Africa. It shows an old lady sitting outside her hut called manyatta together with several other children. The other images show the full view of manyatta homestead with several members of the extended family.

Maasai is one of the communities that still acknowledge the prehistoric way of life. In this community, a family is usually extended involving a father, mother, grandparents and other relatives. Roles between men and women are known usually men dominating over women.

Young adults and young men go out to look for cattle and hunt, while women and old members of the family take care of the children and the homestead. Children are regarded as a source of wealth hence every man strives to have more children.

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Source: Responsible Travel (2018).

Source: Responsible Travel (2018) References Cohen, P. N. (2018). The family: Diversity, inequality, and social change, (2ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton.

King, B. J. (2014). A prehistoric family? Looking for clues in the mud. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/02/13/275904399/a-prehistoric-family-whatfootprints-can-and-can-t-tell-us Responsible Travel (2018). Maasai Mara village stay, Kenya. Retrieved from https://www.responsibletravel.com%2Faccommodation%2F8006%2Fmasai-maravillage-stay-kenya