Hunting vs gathering → division of labor
In short, the theory predicts that women will be better at “spatial location memory” as a gathering adaptation; men will be better at navigational abilities, map reading, and the sort of mental rotations that hurling a spear through space to take down an animal requires.
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Spatial navigation abilities are used to solve adaptive problems other than gathering and hunting. They are also implicated in locating the sounds of a distressed child, migration from place to place among nomadic groups, one-on-one male fighting, and group-on-group warfare.
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