Remains of oldest known twins found in Siberia

[Panich52]

The twins, about 36 to 40 weeks old, probably suffocated during their mother's troubled labor nearly 8,000 years ago.

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[shenmue]

1. :(

[kdmorris]

2. I saw this on a bunch of the twin boards I "hang out" on

(I have 20 month old twin boys).

I cannot imagine how terrified... how much pain she was in. So sad, so tragic.

[Panich52]

4. Dad was an iden. twin, but none of his grandkids or grandnephew/nieces are. So far

[Warpy]

3. So sad. You know the woman died in horrible agony.

Childbirth might be a natural process, but it is not a safe one, not even now, although it's safer than it was back in the Bronze Age.

[kdmorris]

5. When I had my twins, I was so happy that c-section was an option

"Unnatural" or not, it was the safest way for them to be born and have all three of us be OK. (Baby B was breech.. they offered to do a breech extraction, but it didn't sound pleasant for Baby B or I, so I decided to do the c-section instead).