Biases and Flawed Arguments: in S. L. Kuhn and M. C. Stiner’s ‘What’s a Mother to Do?’
by Michael K. R. Wood
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ARCA3100: Critical Studies in World Prehistory Since Neanderthals were first discovered, archaeologists and anthropologists have fiercely debated the reason for their disappearance. Kuhn and Stiner’s (2006) paper, “What’s a Mother to Do?” presents a novel hypothesis describing how unlike anatomically modern humans (AMH) who developed a division of labour between the sexes during the Upper Palaeolithic, Neanderthal men and women primarily focussed on hunting big game. The authors argue the Neanderthals less efficient extraction of subsistence resources from their environment, as compared to the newly …show more content…
and E. Trinkaus 1995 Patterns of trauma among the Neanderthals. Journal of Archaeological Science 22:841-852.
Drucker, D. and H. Bocherens 2004 Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as tracers of change in diet breadth during Middle and Upper Paleolithic in Europe. International Journal of
Osteoarchaeology 14:162-177.
Hardy, B. L., K. Marvin, A. E. Marks and K. Monigal 2001 Stone tool function at the paleolithic sites of
Starosele and Buran Kaya III, Crimea: Behavioral implications. PNAS 98(19):10972-10977.
Kuhn, S. L. and M. C. Stiner 2006 What’s a Mother to Do? The Division of Labor among Neandertals and Modern Humans in Eurasia. Current Anthropology 47(6):953-980.
Lalueza, C., A. Pérez-Pérez and D. Turbón 1996 Dietary Inferences Through Buccal Microwear
Analysis of Middle and Upper Pleistocene Human Fossils. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 100(3):367-387.
Mellars, P. 1996 The Neanderthal Legacy Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Pérez-Pérez, A., V. Espurz, J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, M. A. de Lumley and D. Turbón 2003 Non- occlusal dental microwear variability in a sample of Middle and Late Pleistocene human populations from Europe and the Near East. Journal of Human Evolution
by Michael K. R. Wood
42063395
Word count: 549
ARCA3100: Critical Studies in World Prehistory Since Neanderthals were first discovered, archaeologists and anthropologists have fiercely debated the reason for their disappearance. Kuhn and Stiner’s (2006) paper, “What’s a Mother to Do?” presents a novel hypothesis describing how unlike anatomically modern humans (AMH) who developed a division of labour between the sexes during the Upper Palaeolithic, Neanderthal men and women primarily focussed on hunting big game. The authors argue the Neanderthals less efficient extraction of subsistence resources from their environment, as compared to the newly …show more content…
and E. Trinkaus 1995 Patterns of trauma among the Neanderthals. Journal of Archaeological Science 22:841-852.
Drucker, D. and H. Bocherens 2004 Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as tracers of change in diet breadth during Middle and Upper Paleolithic in Europe. International Journal of
Osteoarchaeology 14:162-177.
Hardy, B. L., K. Marvin, A. E. Marks and K. Monigal 2001 Stone tool function at the paleolithic sites of
Starosele and Buran Kaya III, Crimea: Behavioral implications. PNAS 98(19):10972-10977.
Kuhn, S. L. and M. C. Stiner 2006 What’s a Mother to Do? The Division of Labor among Neandertals and Modern Humans in Eurasia. Current Anthropology 47(6):953-980.
Lalueza, C., A. Pérez-Pérez and D. Turbón 1996 Dietary Inferences Through Buccal Microwear
Analysis of Middle and Upper Pleistocene Human Fossils. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 100(3):367-387.
Mellars, P. 1996 The Neanderthal Legacy Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Pérez-Pérez, A., V. Espurz, J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, M. A. de Lumley and D. Turbón 2003 Non- occlusal dental microwear variability in a sample of Middle and Late Pleistocene human populations from Europe and the Near East. Journal of Human Evolution