• Skates@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    So your theory is that women were the hunters, because they’re faster after 200 miles? These people walked like 10-20 miles a day, and had to carry the food back home so that everyone else could eat. You imagine them going on month-long expeditions, carrying dead animals for 2 weeks back home? Are they also carrying mini fridges to keep the meat from spoiling?

    I’m trying to even, but I can’t.

    • flerp@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      That’s not my theory. That’s the data.

      One interpretation could be that women were constantly engaged in strenuous endurance activities and so through evolution built up tolerances against exhaustion that at least rivals if not exceeds that of men. And one historical activity that used a lot of stamina and took a lot of tolerance against fatigue was the way in which ancient humans hunted.

      That’s not what a theory is, it’s a hypothesis at best, hope that helped.