@WallScheffler
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More words on how important #womencarry -ing has been for our lineage. anthropology-news.org/articl…

Walking Women Evolve - Anthropology News

For supereffective locomotion, look to women. Their endurance mobility has shaped the evolution of our entire human species.

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If you are a grad student attending #AABA2024 and are interested in mentoring undergrads please send me a message!
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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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Love this!!! Great compilation of all the data. Well done.
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Martin Hora@mAnthrp23 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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Great new paper by the team @science_charles --@mAnthrp & @MichalStruska
American Journal of Biological Anthropology@AmJBioAnth22 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 #AJBA doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24834

Muscle activity during crouched walking

Muscle activation during walking increases with more crouched posture.

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NYT Science
@NYTScience1 Aug 2023
At times, the notion that men hunted and women gathered has proved stronger than the evidence at hand nyti.ms/454cHia

Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too (Published 2023)

Anthropologists are finding that women in modern foraging societies have played a major role in catching game.

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Awesome new study by @AnnemiekeMilks!
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@Nature29 Jun 2023
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/…

Worldwide survey kills the myth of ‘Man the Hunter’

Women hunt in vast majority of foraging societies, upending old stereotypes

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Ummm @mjmyersaries ...this is for you.
Karen Kruger@KarenKrugerPhD28 Jun 2023
Find yourself a collaborator who will coordinate conference outfits with you. @lenzetal
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Rebecca Sear@RebeccaSear28 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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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…

Ancient women were hunters — and grandmas were the most skilled ones, study suggests

Scientists have long held that early human men did the hunting and women the gathering. A new review of data on foraging societies in modern times suggests that most women hunted.

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forgot to tag excellent author @WallScheffler ...do read the article, it is excellent.
Agustín Fuentes@Anthrofuentes28 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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"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.
Rebecca Sear@RebeccaSear28 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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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@SAAorg5 Nov 2020
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

Ancient Remains in Peru Reveal Young, Female Big-Game Hunter (Published 2020)

Scientists are divided on broader implications of the find for ancient gender roles.

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Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers phys.org/news/2023-06-shatte…

Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

Analysis of data from dozens of foraging societies around the world shows that women hunt in at least 79% of these societies, opposing the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women...

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"An influential 1966 symposium at the University of Chicago reinforced this idea. Attended by 70 men and five women"
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SINC@agencia_sinc28 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 agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Las-…

Las mujeres también salían a cazar en las sociedades de cazadores-recolectores

Un trabajo de investigadoras de EE UU sugiere que las mujeres practicaban la caza en la mayoría de poblaciones de recolectores de todo el mundo. Las autoras han analizado los datos disponibles de los...

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Replying to @BiologicalAnth
@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 – at Reno, NV
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Everyone landing in Reno for the #AABA2023 don't miss the Committee on Diversity's Undergraduate Research Symposium #CODURS!! It starts at 6pm in the poster area. We have some incredible students and posters (and food)!
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