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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Pretty cool to see cultural anti-incest policies in action.

Less cool that the women are, obviously, the ones expected to leave their homes.

I always think about these things when people act like primitivism is some coherent ideology to increase equality.

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[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There's also the implication that they send the native women away

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[–] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 6 points 2 years ago

Yes. Notably, it seems like the same behaviours exist in Bonobos and in Chimpanzees.

In bonobos it is the young males that leave/are exiled from the group, and in Chimpanzees it is the young females.

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[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I think it's more likely they were taken after fighting with another group

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[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

All of them? Not single one was killed in this supposed fighting?

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[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When you phrase it that way sounds like it could have been a trade too. Trade your daughter for another's daughter to marry your son.

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

This is what it has to be, it doesn't make sense any other way.

If there was a fight over reproductive opportunities, and this valley's men took the women of another valley, there would be a mix; some from the locals, some from the other tribe.

If there was a fight over reproductive opportunities and this valley's men lost, there'd be no adult women at all.

If there was a fight for some other reason, you would assume that either a) everyone dies, or b) some mix of men and women died leaving a mix of men and women, all of whom would be locals.

The only way this works is if there's no fight; the men traded with another tribe's men.

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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Almost all humans have traditions that stemmed from a “inter village fuck festival”

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It would have been pretty primitive fighting. While I'm sure death did happen, it might not have been a certainty even for the fighters. If they had been living the the area stably for thousands of years, there's a good chance they found an equilibrium regarding the cycle of violence.

Aztecs were a warrior culture but when they fought, they fought to capture rather than kill. It was so they could sacrifice the prisoners, but it is an example of conflict with serious consequences that didn't involve much death on the battlefield, let alone for those who were likely not even combatants. It's even possible the women willingly went along with whoever was stronger. Hell, let's add another layer of complexity, it's possible the women willingly went long with whoever was stronger specifically so that they would spare the lives of the ones they were leaving.

It's really all speculation without any evidence, and even with evidence, it's easy to misinterpret that evidence when viewing it through our perspective. Eg: ancient aliens.

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[–] huginn@feddit.it 22 points 2 years ago

Prometheus and Bob reference

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

May I remind you, that Prometheus always gave up on Robert, in every episode...

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

I have no idea if it was the cadence of the animation, the sound design/VA work, the subject matter or premise, but The Prometheus and Bob Tapes always had me literally doubled over in laughter when I watched them as a kid. Not figuratively, but actually on the floor. Shit was so fucking good.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 0 points 2 years ago

Racists = Grug confirmed