The Persistent "Man the Hunter" Myth / Faye Flam
This Is Hell!
This Is Hell!
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🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The water is You're welcome, Neil. |
| 0:13.0 | The Lord is with the |
| 0:15.0 | I'll get our power. |
| 0:16.0 | You're welcome our power. |
| 0:18.0 | You're welcome you. This is hell. Oki-doke. |
| 0:44.0 | If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be. |
| 0:49.0 | This is hell. |
| 0:52.0 | And for some people, the world would be perfect if everyone simply accepted |
| 0:55.4 | and believed a myth we have all heard the story that prior to agriculture |
| 1:00.8 | humans formed hunter-gatherer societies and all the hunting was done by men, |
| 1:06.4 | in the gathering, well that was women's work. |
| 1:09.9 | But if you take the time to sit down and think about that story, even for a moment. |
| 1:14.8 | It really doesn't make much sense. |
| 1:17.0 | For instance, I introduce myself on every show as your bitter, blind broke gap-tooth radio show host Chuck Mertz. |
| 1:27.0 | Now imagine if you will that we have access to a time machine |
| 1:31.0 | that can take us back to the time before agriculture without bringing along any of the mod cons we have in our current day and age. |
| 1:39.2 | So who do you think might be better suited to be a hunter? |
| 1:43.0 | Me? |
| 1:44.0 | Because after all, I am male. |
| 1:46.0 | Or let's say, I don't know, my sister. |
| 1:49.0 | I am legally blind, completely colorblind, |
| 1:52.0 | with poor depth perception and such intense sensitivity to sunlight. |
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