Family Transportation, Then and Now

Before carpools, mothers, fathers, and children still got around (just more slowly). A look at how they did it then (think about Lucy 3 million years ago) to how they may be doing it in the future. 

By: Karen Springen
July 14, 2012
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The Mayflower
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By ship

Before airplanes, ships like the Mayflower were the only way to get from Europe to the New World. Passengers on that vessel – which took two months in 1620 to get from England to Massachusetts -- included two pregnant women.

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