What do we know about the early age of ancient people in the early period of human history? What was the life of primitive children? Did it differ from the life of modern children? What sources can show what was their childhood, what labors and dangers were in the daily life of our young ancestors, what was their initiation — the transition to adulthood? Stanislav Drobyshevsky (anthropologist, associate professor of department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, MSU, Moscow. The science editor of ANTROPOGENEZ.RU) tells about the children in the primitive society. How they lived. The features of their development, their differences and similarities with modern children and primates and many other interesting facts.

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