Boys and Girls in Space

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--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Lucio de Souza Coelho"
wrote:
>
> On 6/20/06, Robert wrote:
> (...)
> > the roman attempt may have failed but the native american version
> > thrieved. i dont know if it was all tribes that did so or only
some,
> > but they beleived that it was the responsibility of the entire
tribe
> > to raise the children. if a female had a child with out having
the
> > desire to raise it, there were others that would aid in that.
same
> > with with the father, if he did not take care of it, (while he
was
> > being osterzised for it) others would take care of the child.
> (...)
>
> It should be noticed though that within a native American (or native
> Brazilian, getting an example closer to me) village everyone was to
> some degree relative to everyone. So it is more like a culture were
> big extended families - mothers, grandmothers, fathers,
grandfathers,
> uncles, cousins - live close to each other and take care of each
> other. Some modern cultures (for instance my own latin/Brazilian
> culture) resemble that. And of course there is an obvious genetic
> interest/evolutionary advantage involved in that way of living. So
the