Men and Women: How We are the Products of Our Past
Men and women evolved over a 450 000 year period known as the stone age. It was during this period that our psyches developed.. Civilisation is at the most 10 000 years old, and only then in some parts of the world. We can see that the mind has evolved to fit into a world very different from that in which we live.
During this long period people lived in small groups. Women banded together within them, caring for children, cooking and gathering food. Whatever women did, they were also looking after children. Although the children had individual mothers, they were largely cared for by the group as much as by their original mother. Marriage had not yet been instituted. When a woman was heavily pregnant or otherwise indisposed, she and her children were dependent on other women in the group.
Men and women evolved over a 450 000 year period known as the stone age. It was during this period that our psyches developed.. Civilisation is at the most 10 000 years old, and only then in some parts of the world. We can see that the mind has evolved to fit into a world very different from that in which we live.
During this long period people lived in small groups. Women banded together within them, caring for children, cooking and gathering food. Whatever women did, they were also looking after children. Although the children had individual mothers, they were largely cared for by the group as much as by their original mother. Marriage had not yet been instituted. When a woman was heavily pregnant or otherwise indisposed, she and her children were dependent on other women in the group.
