Cara Scheffler
@WallScheffler
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More words on how important #womencarry -ing has been for our lineage.
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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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RT @BrunelResearch: Are farmers always more fertile than foragers? Context matters, #anthropologist Dr @abbeyepage and colleagues found in….
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Love this!!! Great compilation of all the data. Well done.
So excited to share @sciam version of our Woman the Hunter articles. We (myself & @professorlacy) will have more to share when the print version hits stands, but it feels amazing to have this out in the world. @NotreDame @AnthroND @UNDResearch @UDelaware.
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RT @CaraOcobock: 🚨🧵 So very excited to finally be able to share two papers I worked on with @professorlacy in which we argue against the pe….
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RT @mAnthrp: Our new #openaccess research shows crouched walking (e.g. used during approaching prey) results in greater activation of lower….
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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.
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RT @NYTScience: At times, the notion that men hunted and women gathered has proved stronger than the evidence at hand .
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Anthropologists are finding that women in modern foraging societies have played a major role in catching game.
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RT @danny_longman: Negative energy balance in ultra runners linked to increased spatial cognition, which may facilitate calorie acquisition….
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RT @CaraOcobock: 🚨🧵Here it is: To the Extreme! How biological anthropology can inform exercise physiology in extreme environments. Written….
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RT @Nature: Evidence shows that the 'men hunt, women gather' stereotype is a big oversimplification. “If somebody liked to hunt, they could….
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Women hunt in vast majority of foraging societies, upending old stereotypes
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Ummm @mjmyersaries . this is for you.
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RT @RebeccaSear: “Evidence from the past 100 years supports archaeological finds from the Holocene that women from a broad range of culture….
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RT @ProfessorHamlin: Here is your regular reminder that Patriarchy Is Not Natural! Excellent reporting by @aizenglobe! For more examples a….
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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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RT @Anthrofuentes: forgot to tag excellent author @WallScheffler . do read the article, it is excellent.
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RT @Anthrofuentes: "These results aim to shift the male-hunter female-gatherer paradigm to account for the significant role females have in….
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RT @MartMLahr: Are you in London this Friday? Don’t miss London Anthropology Day at @RoyalAnthro ! Booking places closes tomorrow at 3 pm .….
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RT @SAAorg: SAA members Drs. Randy Haas, Bonnie Pitblado, and Robert Kelly discuss Dr. Haas’ latest research on female big-game hunters ove….
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Scientists are divided on broader implications of the find for ancient gender roles.
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RT @erleellis: Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers
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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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RT @Anthrofuentes: "An influential 1966 symposium at the University of Chicago reinforced this idea. Attended by 70 men and five women".
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