a new study reaffirms the role of hunters in prehistory
For a long time (perhaps too long) prehistoric societies have been imagined as settings where, on the one hand, men used brute force to hunt animals and, on the other hand, the women were engaged in picking berries and take care of the offspring. But what is true in this image? According to more and more studies, these types of portraits are completely false. One of the most comprehensive studies carried out to date, in fact, found that in at least least 80% of prehistoric societies studied to date there is evidence of female hunters. The work, published this Wednesday…
