Note: I am talking about ancient Hunter gathers not the modern Hunter gathers because they are not a view into the past.
I feel like Hunter gathers are more diverse than we think.
Note: I am talking about ancient Hunter gathers not the modern Hunter gathers because they are not a view into the past.
I feel like Hunter gathers are more diverse than we think.
Most of our preconceived notions about "hunter-gatherers" is just a circular justification for contemporary gender roles (i.e. men are big and strong, they must have always been hunting. Women like pretty colors, they must have always been gathering). I'll get some reading recs from a friend who's an anthropologist later
It doesn't even make sense from a physical standpoint. "big strong man" isn't a hunter, he's a sedentary slow-worker. hunter = lean and long legged
Honestly the most terrifying form of hunting is persistence hunting. It’s like the premise of It Follows but we’re the monster and we hunt in packs
I'm gonna break out the calipers, but even if they weren't persistence hunting, the "durr big strong manly lumberjack" phenotype doesn't make any sense. That body type isn't built for hunting of any sort, whether persistence or sprinting.
persistence hunting would be lean people, like the San currently do
if there was a method similar to what lions use, which is basically a combination of ambush + sprinting, that would probably be mesomorphic people.
the stereotypical masculine alpha male with the huge thick torso would absolutely suck at hunting anything with primitive technology. They don't run fast, they don't run cheap, and they don't run long. However he'd be easily supported by a farmer or fisher community, where food is guaranteed and very sedentary.
Oh I wasn’t really trying to refute what you were saying. Just making word associations in a topic I vaguely understand the basics of lol. That’s interesting though, thank you
I did read some articles about women hunting big game, but it seems they think still men mostly likely did hunting. I really don’t see much of debunking of men side of gender roles where they might of played bigger part of “gathering” role.