Skeletal damage hints some hunter-gatherer women fought in battles.
Traditional views of females being largely responsible for gathering food may be too simplistic skeletons in Mongolia tomb
Skeletons of two people buried in an ancient tomb in Mongolia include a woman (left) who may have been a horse-riding, bow-and-arrow-wielding warrior, scientists say.
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By Bruce Bower
APRIL 27, 2020 AT 9:00 AM
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Well, let's think about this...the men are out, maybe days away, trapping mastodons or whatever. The females and their kids are keeping the camp going, gathering necessities, etc. And other tribes know this pattern. The women had Better be ferocious at defense!
AnneWimsey
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Apr 28, 2020
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That's one good scenario that logically probably did occur. Even more basic is that humans were puny compared to both their prey and their predators, survival dictated that everyone in the social group be prepared to do what is necessary, including wielding a weapon.
Of the cat-fights I've seen involving women and the resultant injuries from them in my years as a nurse I'd say to anyone that I'd rather face a herd of stampeding wild animals any day than face a battle involving female warriors.
I mean men in battle situations can be brutal but women, once they get wound up fully, even a F5 Tornado would be running for cover imo.
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