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The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 11 months ago by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think the wrong point of view here is using evolution as the biological term. As we are genetically make to do that. We probably are not. As most human behavior is not a product of genetics but a product of culture.

[–] exanime@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

As most human behavior is not a product of genetics but a product of culture.

Pretty sure it's a heavy combination of the 2. Not just culture