Template:Did you know nominations/Women in prehistory
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:05, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
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Women in prehistory
- ... that prehistoric women may have had unique advantages over men in endurance hunting due to the positive effects of estrogen on muscle development? Source: Lacy, Sarah & Ocobock, Cara. "The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong", Scientific American, 1 November 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ALT1: ... that prehistoric women may have had unique advantages over men in persistence hunting due to the effects of estrogen on the energy efficiency of muscles? Source: Lacy, Sarah & Ocobock, Cara. "The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong", Scientific American, 1 November 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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Created by Orchastrattor (talk). Self-nominated at 16:31, 20 December 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Women in prehistory; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, presentable, and written neutrally. Earwig checks out. The hooks are interesting and reliably sourced, though I think they would read better without the words 'unique' or 'positive'. QPQ is not required. The images are all freely licensed. This is a great article by the way, Orchastrattor. My only quibble is that the caption for the "comically erotic" Tissot image links to the antediluvian article, which is about the mythical flood. I'm assuming that the term is being used in the sense that the image is ridiculously old-fashioned. And... yeah, that painting is definitely that. Perhaps a link to the term on Wiktionary instead? gobonobo + c 04:14, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
- No Tissot was just a biblical literalist, his later work is quite notable for blending a literal Catholic reading of the bible with what was then the cutting edge of archaeological understanding. At the same time its a far higher quality image than a lot of the other free images available and matches the themes of women as hunters and providers discussed in the article, I actually find Meecham's characterization rather presumptive given the subtilty and irony with which Tissot handled themes of sex and gender in the rest of his work. Orchastrattor (talk) 13:43, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
- Oh no, I wasn't suggesting to remove the image, just addressing the caption. I had searched for a reference describing the woman in the La femme Préhistorique painting as Antediluvian in the flood sense and couldn't find any. Your explanation makes sense though. This is good to go. gobonobo + c 15:46, 1 January 2024 (UTC)