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Re:Who’s the First Person in History Whose Name We Know? (2015) by jkot on Friday August 05, 2016 @04:31AM (#12230798)
> the odds ... are that the first recorded human's name was a male name.

I think you have no evidence for that claim. Lot of ancient societies had equality (Egypt) or were even female dominated (ancient Crete).

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Re:Who’s the First Person in History Whose Name We Know? (2015) by erdevs on Friday August 05, 2016 @11:06AM (#12232855)
Do you have evidence it was more likely a female name?

You think it is exactly 50/50 odds?

You don't think it's possible to reason and make educated estimates?

Of all known ancient societies which are considered contenders for having left the earliest example of writing, how many seem to have been more patriarchal than totally fair or matriarchal? Let's think about it...

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