 In 1794, while Condorcet was in hiding, Grouchy advised him to work on the introduction of his unfinished history of human progress. There is evidence that the couple worked closely together at that time. Moreover, there are discrepancies between the final manuscript in Condorcet’s hand, and the first published version, edited and introduced by Grouchy. There are notable passages added that deal with the role of women and families in the evolution of humanity. On the first page of the first part, “Les Hommes sont reunis en peuplades”, Condorcet writes that human groups are always family based and this is because mothers and fathers have a natural tendency to form strong emotional attachments towards their children: