This just in – feminism wiped out Neanderthals!
Among Neanderthals, hunting big beasts was women’s work as well as men’s, so it’s a safe bet that female hunters got stomped, gored, and worse with appalling frequency. And a high casualty rate among fertile women – the vital “reproductive core” of a tiny population – could well have meant demographic disaster for a species already struggling to survive among monster bears, yellow-fanged hyenas, and cunning Homo sapien newcomers
Apparently, this is a result of a recent study, but wait, no, it’s been kicking around for over a year. What is it about the work of pseudo-scientists that refuses to die?
Now if only stupid reporting wiped out bad science journalism…
Agreed. This has to be one of the sillier stories about paleoanthropology I’ve heard recently. But then, I’ve long had little respect for most science journalists. Although there are a few honorable exceptions.