Gender differences in memory for film of pigmies' hunting-gathering activities among Japanese children and adults.
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چکیده
Although adaptation to hunting-gathering life is a main hypothesis for understanding of the nature of humans, studies directly examining the hypothesis have not been done. In the present study, we used the method of showing a film depicting hunting and housework by African hunter-gatherers to elementary pupils and university students to examine their memories. In pupils and students, males showed higher percentage of correct answers than females for hunting-related questions, and female showed higher percentage for housework-related questions. The results suggest a males' learning bias to hunting and support the hunting-gathering hypothesis.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of human ergology
دوره 31 1-2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002