We man are strange amongst prelate : We ’re bipedal , we have a virtuosic proficiency for spoken language , we ’re able tounderstand the mental states of others . Recent field have also found that the social behavior of the sexes in ancient humans were probably unlike those of what we most often see today in the great apes — in at least some early humans , the males stayed put in one geographical area whilefemales traveledaround looking for new mates .
Anew studypublished in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that 4,000 days ago , not only were prehistoric women often on the move , they were the messenger of culture during the transition between the previous Stone Age and early Bronze Age in Europe . Over the course of about 800 years , the women living in the Lech River valley , in what ’s now southern Germany , moved around quite a bit , while the men tend to attend out in the area of their giving birth . With their increase mobility , often to set about kinsperson , the women contribute news , cultural object and ideas to their new homes and societal groups .
The investigator study the archaeological entropy and genic and isotope analysis from 84 burials date between 2500 and 1650 B.C.E. in low , multigenerational cemeteries around the Lechtal .
" Based on analysis of Sr isotope ratios in molars , which allow us to drag determination about the origin of masses , we were able to ascertain that the majority of women did not originate from the area , " said Corina Knipper of theCurt - Engelhorn - Centre for Archaeometry , in apress waiver .
It seems the women most likely get in at the Lechtal from places like Bohemia and cardinal Germany , but possibly also Bavaria , the inner Alps and the Black Forest — meaning the women would have traveled at least 40 miles ( 60 kilometers ) , but often much farther . In plus , the researchers notice the burial expressive style of the foreign - birth women were the same as that of the locals , suggesting the women and whatever they brought with them were fully integrated into the community .
premature inquiry has suggested movement around Europe during the Bronze Age occurred in chemical group , but this new study suggest it was more probable that the adult female traveled individually .
