I do not find this particularly surprising. Both sexes were hunters and both were gatherers. We would not survive otherwise as a species. Hunting usually implies hunting stags and elephants. What people hunted was probably predominantly smaller prey for the pot. Only the largest prey required more physical strength and more risk taking which was rewarded with social status which was rewarded with better access to sexual mates. And hence our prejudice about males being exclusive hunters. Keep in mind that prey amounted for minor part of calories in comparison with gathered food.
Agree. There's not much surprising about this — truly the real insight is that for 100-200 years, scientists (mostly men, because of the way that the field of science was gated) decided to interpret their observations through a gender-specific lens.
I do not find this particularly surprising. Both sexes were hunters and both were gatherers. We would not survive otherwise as a species. Hunting usually implies hunting stags and elephants. What people hunted was probably predominantly smaller prey for the pot. Only the largest prey required more physical strength and more risk taking which was rewarded with social status which was rewarded with better access to sexual mates. And hence our prejudice about males being exclusive hunters. Keep in mind that prey amounted for minor part of calories in comparison with gathered food.
Agree. There's not much surprising about this — truly the real insight is that for 100-200 years, scientists (mostly men, because of the way that the field of science was gated) decided to interpret their observations through a gender-specific lens.