Primate Gender Analysis

In society, gender is a structure that divides work in the home and economic production which then creates those in authority and organizes sexuality (Lorber 1994). Even in societies where there are less defined gender boundaries there is still separation between genders. This spatial separation of men and women does reinforce the gendered difference, identity, and behavior (Lorber 1994). This spatial separation seems to have progressed throughout human evolution from chimpanzees to modern day humans where gender roles were clearly defined. This paper is to analyze the difference between men and women in terms of social behavior as not the result of biological variation but of cultural and environmental development from our ancestors.
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I believe that the correlation between the behaviors patterns associated with sex among nonhuman primates (Chimpanzees) can be used to understand the development of gender roles in hominin species throughout human evolution. When analyzing chimpanzees, they are significantly different based on biological sex through body size and behavior. It was found that the males are more dominant sex being significantly larger than the females. Due to size, the males function as the primary leaders and defenders against predators (Martin and Voorhies
I believe this is an interesting topic to conduct more research on how other hominin species were unable to adapt to the shift in the environment. In addition, to looking at unique adaptations that developed in hominin species due to the change. Climate change is an important topic to analyze the impacts that it had on the past as well as in the future for human adaptation. I am also intrigued if Homo sapiens would continue to thrive as our society continues to destroy and reshape our environment. Or will another species emerge that is better