[Grimmy]

I kinda have a problem with the interp being put on the why behind the prints.

If it was females on the forage, wouldn’t there be the same number both ways?

And, volcanic ash soft enough to leave prints and hardening up quick enough to keep the prints.

Might what we be seeing is scouts returning with a new location to move to and a general evacuation that comes from that?

[Thommas]

Some present-day hunter-gatherers, including Tanzania's Hadza people, form largely female food-gathering groups.

For some people, not much has changed in 10,000 years.