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The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong (www.scientificamerican.com)
submitted 10 months ago by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/science@lemmy.world
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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

I wouldn’t consider 9% to be that large in this context. Certainly a difference that would be overshadowed by individual variation.

Even if we assume women are physiologically 9% slower at persistence hunting (which that statistic is far from proving) it still suggests they could and likely were successful at it, albeit maybe not the very best.