Are farmers always more fertile than foragers? Context matters, #anthropologist Dr @abbeyepage and colleagues found in a study that calls into question widely held belief. Women in communities more engaged with the market economy had fewer kids. Read more: https://t.co/D8MgUyuXpy
Recent research analyzed the energetic advantages/disadvantages of crouched walking and reduced height in living adult males. This research has the potential to identify crouched walking in past human population subsistence strategies and evolution
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Evidence shows that the 'men hunt, women gather' stereotype is a big oversimplification. “If somebody liked to hunt, they could just hunt,” says biological anthropologist @WallScheffler in @NewsfromScience. https://t.co/OnSSkSRBmP
“Evidence from the past 100 years supports archaeological finds from the Holocene that women from a broad range of cultures hunt for subsistence. These results aim to shift the male-hunter female-gatherer paradigm to account for the significant role females have in hunting”
Here is your regular reminder that Patriarchy Is Not Natural! Excellent reporting by @aizenglobe! For more examples ask me or @HollyDunsworth. https://t.co/v5p9SyvhhY
"These results aim to shift the male-hunter female-gatherer paradigm to account for the significant role females have in hunting, thus dramatically shifting stereotypes of labor, as well as mobility." very diverse set of cultures examined.
SAA members Drs. Randy Haas, Bonnie Pitblado, and Robert Kelly discuss Dr. Haas’ latest research on female big-game hunters over 9,000 years ago. https://t.co/h2FW2nAHg6