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Although cohesiveness and cooperation is certainly a trait demonstrated by women, I think it is also there in men to a large extent. Maybe past social attitudes have emphasised aggressiveness and competitiveness among males at the expense of their kinder side, but most men I know are kind and co-operative. Like most things, all kinds of traits are there to a greater or lesser extent in both sexes despite the stereotyping that goes on.

I would also point out a small inaccuracy if I may. Humans and dinosaurs never co-existed. Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, whereas modern humans only emerged around 200,000 years ago. For all of our shared history, more familiar animals would have threatened us – tigers, lions, snakes and wolves for instance.

It is interesting that you believe in “progress.” I would be interested in hearing more about that.

Thanks for bringing up this Newsweek article. It is a very interesting and important discovery.

Peace

What does Darwin’s view of women have to do with human history? In the early 19th century, women were not exactly viewed as equal to men primarily because of the religious teachings, as stellar1 stated. Darwin’s theory of evolution was only a step in a series of discoveries that give us a picture of our history.

aA

I would say that thousands of years of patriarchal rule, encouraged and enforced by religious teaching, shaped the ongoing view of women.

-Stellar1