The injuries on the bones indicate that some of the women among the ancient hunter-gatherers participated in battles. About it reports the portal Science News.
Analysis of the remains of hunter-gatherers who lived on the territory of modern California, about 5,000 years ago, and pastoralists in Mongolia, suggests that in ancient communities there were women warriors. This means that the division of labor by sex that characterized the ancient community, was not as binding as was assumed before. The study found that the bones of the 128 women from communities of hunter-gatherers, found in California, was damage from arrows and sharp knives. The remains of 9 people buried in the tomb of the Mongol period Xianbi (from II BC to III century ad), showed that the 2 women rode horses a lot and shot from a bow.
Experts do not know exactly fought if these women alongside men, or sneak up on enemies to damage their weapons (for example, to cut the bowstring). Women among the Indians could participate in the battles to protect their children or all of the settlement. Also, according to scientists, there are about 900 written documents about Mongolian women who participated in the war, had political power and had diplomatic credentials. The researchers plan to find proof of the existence of women warriors, about 2200 years ago.
That is the main thing in the relations of the sexes, read the material channel “Science”.
