Early Human Dads Stayed at Home While Females Roamed

Discovery News ^ | Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | Jennifer Viega

[SunkenCiv]

THE GIST

• Males of two early human species did not travel much, unlike females who tended to leave their places of birth.
• The dispersal pattern mirrors that of some other primates, such as chimpanzees and bonobos, and likely occurs to prevent inbreeding.
• It remains unclear if the females left of their own free will, or if they were forcibly removed from their homelands.

[SunkenCiv]

The skull of one of the primates, Australopithecus africanus, appears here. Courtesy of Darryl de Ruiter

[Cowboy Bob]

The title implies that ancient man was a "stay at home" dad, while mom when out hunting.

I think the women "roamed" because they were kidnapped in battle, or were married off to bring peace or unity between groups. Remember, women were often considered chattel.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Bingo

Headline is moronic

[SubMareener]

I think that your, I believe correct, hypothesis is too politically incorrect for the current crop of academics and journalists. Such oppression of women only began when George W. Bush became President. ;-)

[IrishPennant]

Of course, when you're rockin' back in your man-cave, someone has to go out and get your 12 pack of grog, right?

I'm just sayin'...

[SunkenCiv]

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[ComputerGuy]

[SunkenCiv]

I didn’t ping you, and yet you clicked on that very headline. IOW, the headline — which I didn’t write — did the job it was supposed to do.

[blueunicorn6]

They figured this out by looking at 19 teeth. You know, the things that pass for science these days...

“Why look, Jane, there’s cat feces in those teeth. They ate cats!”

“No, remember there were feral cats using this ground as a cat box.”

“Damnit! That won’t help us get another grant!”

[Melian]

Ha! Kind of like the ents and their ent-wives!

[wildbill]

Wow. I kinda like the image of roving horny women back in the day, complete with club, hunting for a male to breed with.

I surrender, Dear.

[King Moonracer]

This must have been when the remote control was first invented.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Not much of a change, the men just stayed living in their mom’s caves, eating mammoth pizza and playing X-Rox all day...

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1493781/posts?page=9#9