A trio of archaeologists at the University of Cambridge, in the U.K. conducted a study of hundreds of papers outlining research into hunter–gatherer societies, finding that people in such groups engage in a variety of physical activities. George Brill, Marta Mirazon-Lahr and Mark Dyble published their paper in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
For much of history, male physical and athletic prowess has been considered to be important, while female physical prowess has been mostly overlooked. In this new study, the research team wondered if female physical prowess has also been overlooked in a hunter–gatherer context.
To find out, they conducted a study focusing on research efforts into hunter–gatherer societies—both those in the past and those still in existence today. In all, they looked at more than 900 papers, focusing most specifically on physical or athletic activities of people of both genders.
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