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The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh no don't misunderstand I'm not trying to say that the whole hunter gather roles are correct. Just saying that, till now, I've always heard that's what it was. Roles. Not evolution.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, and what I'm saying is that in the nomadic hunter-gatherer days, I think it's unlikely for those roles to have emerged very strongly. We're talking about pure subsistence, and in that paradigm, you don't leave resources behind no matter who you are.

It's not until agriculture comes around that people start putting down permanent roots in one place. Now you don't have to expend effort on traveling, rebuilding shelter, moving resources. You get the luxury of storing more resources than you can carry. That's what allows people to start specializing and shifting into specific roles.