Archaeological evidence shatters the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

Analysis of mounting archaeological evidence from across human history and prehistory is challenging the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women exclusively gather.

Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the world shows that women hunt in at least 79% of these societies, opposing long-held perceptions about gender roles in foraging societies.

Gender stereotypes have influenced previous archaeological studies, with, for instance, some researchers reluctant to interpret objects buried with women as hunting tools.

There is a call for reevaluation of such evidence and caution against misapplying the idea of men as hunters and women as gatherers in future research.

Photon,

I fucking knew it. People have this idea that human roles are defined by biology. No, they are defined by competition. When we compete against the environment, being 20% weaker or smaller doesn't matter; you can throw a spear just as fine as the biggest person. When we compete against each other, being 1% stronger is a gigantic, monumental advantage.

This nonsense about gender roles is from lampooning nobility post-enlightenment. Us peasants have always just did what needed to be done.

hydro033,

They are certainly influenced by biology however. T is a hell of a drug.

kuontom,
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See original article here -> journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287101

LeftIt,
LeftIt avatar

Gender stereotypes have influenced previous archaeological studies, with, for instance, some researchers reluctant to interpret objects buried with women as hunting tools.

Other ways stereotypes influence arch studies?

LeftIt,
LeftIt avatar

Interesting actually, what are some ways stereotypes affect any academic field?

Asking in good faith and with genuine curiousity. I have never thought about things in this way. Don't be a redditor and shoo me for not knowing. Cheers

dandan,
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-clitoris-has-been-lost-to-science-for-centuries-but-its-making-a-comeback/

“The dorsal nerves of the clitoris were omitted from every anatomy textbook I could find. They were omitted from every OB/GYN textbook I could find. They were nowhere described in plastic surgery or OB/GYN literature. They were nowhere considered in literature on female genital cosmetic surgery. Surgeons were operating blind to nerves.”

PierreKanazawa,
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I recommended The Gendered Brain by G. Rippon. It's a history of stereotyped neuroscience.

The Review by The Guardian

VoxAdActa,
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Well, one good example is the idea that women weren't warriors. For a long time, every time someone opened up a tomb of someone that was buried in the style of a great warrior, with weapons and armor and other such and sundry stuff, they just assumed the skeleton was of a man and didn't even check it.

Going back, turns out, more than a handful were women.

AnalogyAddict,

Just goes to show that when you're fighting to survive, most people don't check their genitals before throwing that spear.

Tight-laced,
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I've done martial arts for nearly 30 years now. Being female, I'm happy to fight whoever is in the class that day, I can't be picky about gender and it makes me a better fighter.

I can tell you that women are by far the more devious fighters. Men rely on strength/size and think that will see them through. Women can't, so we get clever, get dirty, use speed, agility, anything we can to our advantage. Fighting a man is actually easier in my experience, but boy they get butthurt when they don't win.

HotDogFingies,
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Totally. My old boss told me in confidence that he preferred to hire women because they're harder workers.

You're awesome.

Deceptichum,
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Your old boss is a sexist piece of shit.

HotDogFingies,
HotDogFingies avatar

I know. I'm a woman. Sorry I didn't make my stance very clear.

antsp, (edited )

I have yet to see competition group mixed session (kickboxing or bjj) where women could match up to men, even with no or very small weight disparity. Most cases its not even close. Maybe its just the gyms I have trained.

It is very common practise that you go much easier if your sparring partner is smaller than you, no matter if its a teen boy, smaller man or a woman.

Are you completely sure that some of the time this "butthurt" attitude is not because you suddenly changed the intensity of sparring session out of nowhere and might have caused injury risk? Because this has happened to me several times when doing light sparring with girls (and young guys) who have something to prove. Note that I did not get "butthurt" regardles, just noted to be more carefull.

Edit: I wanted to include young guys as well.

KbinItTogether,
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Shout out to Emma Stone's character in The Croods for mirroring this before it was even acknowledged.

Pratai,

Shhh! Don’t tell the Christians. They’ll get upset.

metic,
metic avatar

Wasn’t that debunked a long time ago?

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