disembodiedbrain
disembodiedbrain t1_itcu6bp wrote
Reply to comment by voodoohotdog in Using paleoclimatic and archaeological data, this study’s findings indicate that the steppe, semi-arid and desert zones of Central Asia were once favorable environments for hominins and their dispersal into Eurasia. by marketrent
Yeah, it's a family vs. a tribe or subfamily. There's a lot of words like that, e.g., Tyrannosauroids vs. Tyrannosaurids vs. Tyrannosaurines, or Crocodylians vs. Crocodylids vs. Crocodylines.
Scientists need to get a little more creative with their names methinks.
disembodiedbrain t1_iuyl6cf wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Why, in the last two centuries, have women become to be considered less sexual than men, if, throughout history, they were believed to have a much higher libido? by [deleted]
>The question is whether this is actually true cross culturally.
It's a fairly established finding in the field of human evolutionary psychology that they do. And numerous biological explanations for that have been articulated; the long and short of it is that women are more biologically invested in their sexuality than men are because they carry and give birth. Biologically speaking it carries more risk for them. Hence the behavior pattern whereby men initiate courtship.
So from a biology perspective it's fairly accepted that yes, much of the generalities you speak of are indeed cross-cultural phenomena. Though the specifics of sexual norms may vary widely by culture.