ANTHR310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ely S. Parker, Richard Dawkins, Ancient Society
9 Jan 2017
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League of the iroquois (1851) not really an ethnography, but interviews iroquois and worked with a native informant, ely. Ancient society (1877) three-stage evolution, interest in kinship systems. Man the hunter (washburn, lancaster, tiger and fox) Emergence of pair bonding: reciprocity men hunt while women gather. Lack of estrus is associated with exchanging meat for sex (food-for-sex hypothesis) Communication needed for hunting contributed to the development of language and male solidarity over sexual competition. E(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of larger fa(cid:373)ilies li(cid:373)ited (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:373)ade them more dependent on men, who supported them in exchange for sex. Women depend on permanent features, not estrus, to keep a man interested. Bipedalism accompanies reduced mobility (women), need to use hands to carry food (men) Hunting was a late development in hominid evolution, and gathering always provided more food. Sexual selection contributed significantly to the evolution of the female body form. Mascia-lees and others argue that permanently enlarged breasts have a survival function storing fat.
