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TigressLily -> RE: Cave Art Done by Women (10/14/2013 10:12:56 AM)
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Well, it certainly makes more sense for women to have been making paleolithic cave art than limiting this activity to having been produced by young boys based on hand size & dimensional attributes. Who's to say it wasn't BOTH adolescent boys AND girls, if that were the case? Re an older conclusion mentioned in this article: "Biologist Dale Guthrie, for example, conducted a study of the hand art and concluded that they were most likely made by adolescent boys."
When my dad used to take my brother and me to the officers' shooting range every other weekend, I was hitting all the skeet pulled after the first 1-2 times handling a rifle.* There's no reason to assume females were not involved in hunting in prehistoric days, nor that males were not involved in the food-gathering process. Logically, whoever had the best skills at doing specific tasks went ahead and did them, whether it was being an expert shot, following animal tracks, locating nests/dens, or being adept at finding vital resources needed to sustain the tribe. It was all about survival back then. Along with procreative pursuits, naturally.
ETA: * I was also just as good at fly-cast fishing as my (older) brother was.
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