A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves

Re:A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves by porpoisely on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:26AM (#19045951)

I originally wrote "female selection didn't happen much in human society" but changed it since those societies were rather fringe and aren't the dominant human society.

I know there were pockets of it. I remember watching a documentary on a small chinese ethnic group that practiced matriarchy and polygamy. But that's not the dominant nor the successful human society.

99% of human beings live in a patriarchical society. China, Europe, Americas, most of africa, Middle East, etc.

Edit: Here is the PBS documentary if anyone is interested.

https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/introductio...

And the chinese ethnic group.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo

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Re:A New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves by bilbo0s on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:49AM (#19046163)

True.

Most of the matriarchies were in Africa, and they were decimated completely when European colonizers showed up.

There were a few matriarchies elsewhere, but not many.

Most human societies were patriarchies.

It would be interesting, from a purely scientific point of view, to see what the african matriarchies would have developed into? How does that sort of thing affect development? Etc.

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