Traveling Away To Get Married

German archaeologists realized that there was a period spread between the Stone Age and the Bronze Age in 84 skeletons buried between 2500 and 1650 BC. So they discovered that most women travel at least 500 kilometers to start a family.

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On the other hand, men died close to where they were born. This patrilocal trend was consistent throughout the late Stone Age and early Bronze Age.

The inconsistency shows that there are some changes in the gender roles we associate with older people. Women were not always confined to the house when men were traveling, exchanging, and looting.

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In the past, women wandered far away, spread ideas, shared culture, and founded their families.

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