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What’s a Mother to Do?: The Division of Labor among Neandertals and Modern Humans in Eurasia

Kuhn, Steven L., Stiner, Mary C.·2006·Current Anthropology
DOI 10.1086/507197
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Recent huntergatherers display much uniformity in the division of labor along the lines of gender and age. The complementary economic roles for men and women typical of ethnographically documented huntergatherers did not appear in Eurasia until the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic. The rich archaeological record of Middle Paleolithic cultures in Eurasia suggests that earlier hominins pursued more narrowly focused economies, with womens activities more closely aligned with those of men with respect to schedule and ranging patterns than in recent forager systems. More broadly based economies emerged first in the early Upper Paleolithic in the eastern Mediterranean region and later in the rest of Eurasia. The behavioral changes associated with the Upper Paleolithic record signal a wider range of economic and technological roles in forager societies, and these changes may have provided the expanding populations of Homo sapiens with a demographic advantage over other hominins in Eurasia.

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Authors
Kuhn, S. L., & Stiner, M. C.
Venue
Current Anthropology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2006-12
Volume
47
Issue
6
Pages
953-981
ISSN
  • 0011-3204 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5382
DOI
10.1086/507197
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387
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