Women are better hunter, science suggests

[Wilhelm44]

10 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

The fastest marathoners are men

 

[Thought Art]

@Wilhelm44 Those are Ultra-marathons and I’ve already stated the best is a woman. 
 

But, at marathons men dominate.

The article uses marathons as the example. Men also dominate at Iron Man too, and cycling, and most endurance sport. 
 

Small women seem best designed for Ultra. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Thought Art

[AION]

24 minutes ago, Ulax said:

True but there are various reasonable aspects to feminism too

Yes

[Thought Art]

Im willing to be wrong on this. I’d rather find out what’s true. I’m gonna set this aside. Please give me grace to admit I’m wrong or that more nuance is required to clearly speak about this. 

[Bjorn K Holmstrom]

21 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

@Bjorn K Holmstrom The thing is, they are making a biological argument and working backward. Looking at the physical trates, hormones, hips, endurance. I know first hand women are very strong and capable physically, even if less so than the strongest men. 
 

But, the article doesn’t consider that humans live in a social environment. It’s not just physical ability that leads to task completion. 

I'm now reading the paper a bit. It does seem physical focused, but has some sociological considerations; on page 9 about how males are earlier socialized for sports performance and on page 15 about the role of fathers and alloparents enabling female participation.
The article however seems to have skipped these considerations, like you say

Edited 1 hour ago by Bjorn K Holmstrom

[Jannes]

But hunting a prey down isnt only about endurance running right?

I mean thats the most important aspect of course but other things count as well. 

For the running itself, you may have to chase a little faster or slower sometimes, its probably not like you can settle on one speed. (where women are potentially best at)

Along the chase you might encounter other predators you need to defend against.

Or maybe your prey becomes agressive so you gotta fight.

When going for the kill in the end, how dangerous is that still? If the animal still has a bit of fight in it, being fast and effective is important. Being a little robust when things get out of hand as well. 

[Wilhelm44]

10 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

@Wilhelm44 Those are Ultra-marathons and I’ve already stated the best is a woman. 
 

But, at marathons men dominate.

The article uses marathons as the example. Men also dominate at Iron Man too, and cycling, and most endurance sport. 
 

Small women seem best designed for Ultra. 

Yeah, she's obviously an anomaly, even in ultramarathons, still I never would have thought it possible for any woman to beat men in such a feat of extreme endurance.

[Ulax]

33 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

@Elliott is on timeout to cool off

 

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[Thought Art]

@Wilhelm44 She is an interesting study. She is obviously well trained, and extremely light. 

[Thought Art]

@Jannes Good point. It’s unclear if the woman did a deep study in how those ancient cultures hunted, what they hunted or how. Not all cultures ran down their prey like a tribe would in an open plein….

Mega endurance might not be required if hunting in a group with intelligent well experienced hunters. In fact when hunting large animals strength and explosiveness could be key…

It would be interesting also to look at the context for why some women hunted in some tribes but not others. 

Edited 40 minutes ago by Thought Art

[Thought Art]

@Bjorn K Holmstrom Yes, and she’s bringing in a lot of modern social stuff that to me makes it clear there is a strong agenda in her work. 

[Wilhelm44]

21 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

@Wilhelm44 She is an interesting study. She is obviously well trained, and extremely light. 

Extremely light lol