George P. Murdock’s scientific contributions

... Predictions Distance travelled Sexual division of labour [40][41][42] Men travel further distances because they specialise in hunting, whilst women specialise in foraging plant foods around camps. ...

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Sexual division of labour shapes hunter-gatherer spatial ranges

... Although there is some flexibility in this relationship (e.g., Hewlett 1991), various comparative studies on the sexual division of labor and the status associated with particular activities in different societies consistently show that women are primarily responsible for daily culinary preparation and the socialization (or enculturation) of children. Perhaps the most well-known and widely referenced of these works is by Murdock and Provost (1973), who reviewed research on the sexual division of labor in 185 societies worldwide. They classified fifty technological activities based on the degree to which men or women were involved in carrying them out, showing that activities related to food preparation (such as meat or fish preservation; preparation of beverages, dairy products, and food of plant origin; water and firewood collection; and cooking) were overwhelmingly performed by women. ...

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Food, religion, and gender in medieval and early modern Iberia: A theoretical and conceptual framework