The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong : science

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I had always assumed that Hunter-Gatherer societies were very loosely sex divided and strongly necessity based. Meaning, sure men could be the typical hunter and women the typical gatherer but if necessity dictates, any person would do any job, and, given the times, that was probably frequently.

Furthermore they also likely didn't have societal structures the way modern societies did, meaning people likely weren't barred from any job or forced into any job, it was a community effort for survival, if you meet a criteria that can help, you do that.

These are not factual statements, these are just my assumptions on how I figured they reasonably existed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Same here: the t seems the most logical answer. I’m not especially convinced by the arguments in this article, except that they are at least as strong as “man the hunter” arguments so neither changes my mind

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[+] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Ah, the sound of Joe Rogan's head exploding.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This article boils down to "well women can run marathons too, so let's throw history out of the window"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which history do you think they're unfairly ignoring?

And I think the argument isn't that they can run marathons, too, but that they're naturally better at it than men:

physiologically better suited than men to endurance efforts such as running marathons

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So why aren't women beating men in endurance races across the board?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a point at which women do tend to get better at endurance racing and often surpass men. And it's in the ultra long distance races. Which actually tracks, as hunting would have likely been a mix of long and ultra long distance running

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well it is in the name, endurance RACES. It is a race not a test of pure endurance. To test pure endurance you would need to start running or walking or swimming at your own pace and continue till you drop to the ground and the one that can do that for the longest would have the best endurance.

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