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15 Sep 2022
More words on how important #womencarry -ing has been for our lineage. anthropology-news.org/articl…
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25 Feb 2024
If you are a grad student attending #AABA2024 and are interested in mentoring undergrads please send me a message!
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13 Feb 2024
Are farmers always more fertile than foragers? Context matters, #anthropologist Dr @abbeyepage and colleagues found in a study that calls into question widely held belief. Women in communities more engaged with the market economy had fewer kids. Read more: brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events…
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17 Oct 2023
Love this!!! Great compilation of all the data. Well done.
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23 Aug 2023
Our new #openaccess research shows crouched walking (e.g. used during approaching prey) results in greater activation of lower limb muscles except for gastrocnemius med.
doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24834
#EMG #biomechanics #movementscience #hunting #kinematics @science_charles @AmJBioAnth
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23 Aug 2023
Recent research analyzed the energetic advantages/disadvantages of crouched walking and reduced height in living adult males. This research has the potential to identify crouched walking in past human population subsistence strategies and evolution
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doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24834
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1 Aug 2023
At times, the notion that men hunted and women gathered has proved stronger than the evidence at hand nyti.ms/454cHia
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20 Jul 2023
Awesome new study by @AnnemiekeMilks!
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Evidence shows that the 'men hunt, women gather' stereotype is a big oversimplification. “If somebody liked to hunt, they could just hunt,” says biological anthropologist @WallScheffler in @NewsfromScience. science.org/content/article/…
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29 Jun 2023
Ummm @mjmyersaries ...this is for you.
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28 Jun 2023
“Evidence from the past 100 years supports archaeological finds from the Holocene that women from a broad range of cultures hunt for subsistence. These results aim to shift the male-hunter female-gatherer paradigm to account for the significant role females have in hunting”
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29 Jun 2023
Here is your regular reminder that Patriarchy Is Not Natural! Excellent reporting by @aizenglobe! For more examples ask me or @HollyDunsworth. npr.org/2023/06/28/118489458…
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29 Jun 2023
forgot to tag excellent author @WallScheffler ...do read the article, it is excellent.
28 Jun 2023
"These results aim to shift the male-hunter female-gatherer paradigm to account for the significant role females have in hunting, thus dramatically shifting stereotypes of labor, as well as mobility." very diverse set of cultures examined.
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Cara Scheffler retweeted
28 Jun 2023
"These results aim to shift the male-hunter female-gatherer paradigm to account for the significant role females have in hunting, thus dramatically shifting stereotypes of labor, as well as mobility." very diverse set of cultures examined.
28 Jun 2023
“Evidence from the past 100 years supports archaeological finds from the Holocene that women from a broad range of cultures hunt for subsistence. These results aim to shift the male-hunter female-gatherer paradigm to account for the significant role females have in hunting”
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Cara Scheffler retweeted
28 Jun 2023
Are you in London this Friday? Don’t miss London Anthropology Day at @RoyalAnthro ! Booking places closes tomorrow at 3 pm .. hurry!
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SAA members Drs. Randy Haas, Bonnie Pitblado, and Robert Kelly discuss Dr. Haas’ latest research on female big-game hunters over 9,000 years ago. nyti.ms/2TTDknD
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Cara Scheffler retweeted
28 Jun 2023
Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers phys.org/news/2023-06-shatte…
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Cara Scheffler retweeted
28 Jun 2023
"An influential 1966 symposium at the University of Chicago reinforced this idea. Attended by 70 men and five women"
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Cara Scheffler retweeted
28 Jun 2023
🏹“Hay evidencias alrededor de todo el mundo que demuestran que las mujeres participan en la caza con el fin de sobrevivir en la mayoría de las culturas”, afirma @WallScheffler de @SeattlePacific
Además, con destreza y gran variedad de armas y estrategias
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Cara Scheffler retweeted
21 Apr 2023
@BiologicalAnth Having a great time at the 2023 AABA Conference with my Faculty Mentor, Marcie Myers! Many talks have had such good information, research, insight, and discussion. I especially loved the Queering research symposium held yesterday! #bioanth #AABA #stkates @st_kates
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