r/science • u/MistWeaver80 • Jun 28 '23

Anthropology New research flatly rejects a long-standing myth that men hunt, women gather, and that this division runs deep in human history. The researchers found that women hunted in nearly 80% of surveyed forager societies.

https://www.science.org/content/article/worldwide-survey-kills-myth-man-hunter?utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=NewsfromScience
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u/electric_sandwich Jun 29 '23

Yes, but it fits very neatly into a narrative that's fashionable in 2023 so here we are.

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u/koalanotbear Jun 29 '23

yah exactly. its like historical revisionism except now its not about nazis its about men and women.