ANT211H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Gambling, Starch
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Chapter 5 (cid:498)what are men good for? (cid:499) Male birds of paradise provide no help in nestling however they devote their time to seduce as many women as possible. However, stroll free/carefree men seem to do this in order to jump into protective action when needed (without anything standing in their way) Anthropologists assume that men"s resulting added roles contributed crucially to the evolution of our species" most distinctive features. Kristen (awkes (cid:523)women anthropologist"s(cid:524) tested out the above: men spend time hunting large animals, women spend time collecting plants and taking care of the children. Economic roles of men and women are different. Hunters bring home the meat to their wife and children (or whom is the most important to them in different scenarios) reasons/theories: the northern ache; Men invested most of their time in hunting large mammals (what they brought home varied differently day by day)
