原始社会的婚姻和家庭同人类社会一样,是一个历史范畴,也有着自己的发展史。在原始社会,存在有五种婚姻家庭(或称家族)形式,“有四种存在于历史时期;只有血缘家族消失了;但能够从马来式亲属制中把它推衍出来。”马克思所说的五种婚姻家庭形式是:血缘家庭、普那路亚家庭、对偶家庭、父权制家庭和一夫一妻制家庭。其中一夫一妻制家庭产生于原始社会末期,盛行于阶级社会。在家庭出现之前,人类最早、最简单的婚姻关系是“一个同动物状态向人类状态的过渡(即‘正在形成中的人’所生活的原始群时期——引者)相适应的杂乱的性交关系”。这时期,还没有形成由习俗所规定的对两性关系的任何约束和限 Marriage and family in the primitive society, like human society, are a historical category and have their own history of development. There are five forms of marriage and family (or family) in the primitive society, and “four are found in historical periods; only the kinship disappears; but it can be deduced from the Matriarchal system.” “ Marx said the five forms of marriage and family are: blood families, Puna Luya family, dual family, patriarchal family and monogamy family. One monogamy family originated in the primitive society of the end, popular in class society. Before the advent of the family, the earliest and simplest marriages of mankind were ”a clutter of conformity with the transition from an animal state to a human state (ie, the primitive period during which the person undergoing formation lives - a leader) Sexual relationship ". During this period, no restrictions and restrictions on the relationship between the sexes as defined by the customs have yet been formed