Ernest Castillo

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Jump forward to the human transformation of landscapes with agriculture, and gender roles became even more constrained. Being tied to a particular piece of land, we were now more sedentary and had ample grain stores with which to supplement our and our children’s diets at any time. Agriculturalist women thus experienced a decrease in the birth interval—babies came at a faster rate—and so the birth rate climbed.31 This increase in fertility tied women to hearth and home, and we saw a concomitant decrease in women’s roles in economic, religious, and other culturally important realms.
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
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