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July 4, 2023 68 mins
In this episode Ashley Bozian and Tracey Cooper delve into whether or not cut marks on prehistoric bone are evidence of cannibalism, explode the myth of man the hunter and woman the gatherer, explore the earliest known winery and think long and hard about the earliest (42,000-yearr-old) anatomically accurate penis pendant. 

Show Notes Episode Two: Prehistoric Pee Pee and Pinot

Tracey’s Stuff in the News

Michael Le Page, “The Myth That Men Hunt While Women Stay at Home is Entirely Wrong,” New Scientist, on-line article, June 28th 2023, accessed June 30th 2023, https://www.newscientist.com/article/2380011-the-myth-that-men-hunt-while-women-stay-at-home-is-entirely-wrong/

Abigail Anderson, Sophia Chilczuck, Kaylie Nelson, Roxanne Ruther, Cara Wall-Schaffer, “The Myth of Man the Hunter: Women’s Contribution to the Hunt Across Ethnographic Contexts,” Plos One, June 28, 2023, accessed on June 30th 2023, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287101

Nick Carne, “Men Hunt and Women Gather. But Not Always,” Cosmos, 6 November 2020, accessed June 30 2023, https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/men-went-hunting-women-gathered-but-maybe-not-always/

Randall Haas, James Watson, Tammy Buanasera, John Sothon, Jennifer C. Chen, Sarah Noe, Kevin Smith, Carlos Viviano Llave, Jelmer Eerkens and Glendon Parker, “Female Hunters of Early Americas, Science Advances, Vol 6, Issue 45, Nov 4 2020, accessed June 30 2023 at DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd0310

Ashley mentioned the work of William Costello on Incels (Involuntary Celibates). William Costello “Levels of Well-Being Among Men Who Are Incel (Involuntary Celibate),” Evolutionary Psychological Science 8 (2022), 375-290. 
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-022-00336-x


Tracey’s Piece of Stuff

Solange Rigaud, Evgeny P. Rybin, Arina M. Khatsenovich, Alain Queffelec, Clea H. Paine, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Sahra Talamo, Daria V. Marchenko, Tsedendorj Bolorbat, Davaakhuu Odsuren, J. Christopher Gillam, Masami Izuho, Alexander Yu. Fedorchenko, Dashdorjgochoo Odgerel, Roman Shelepaev, Jean-Jacques Hublin & Nicolas Zwyns, “Symbolic Innovation at the onset of the Upper Paleolithic in Eurasia shown by personal ornaments from Tolbor-21 (Mongolia),” Scientific Reports 8, 12 June 2023. 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36140-1

Jennifer Nalewicki, “42,000-year-old anatomically accurate penis pendant is world’s earliest known depiction of human genitalia,” Live Science, 21 June 2023, accessed 7/3/2023. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/42000-year-old-anatomically-accurate-penis-pendant-is-the-worlds-earliest-known-depiction-of-human-genitalia

“Graphite,” Wikipedia, accessed 7/3/2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite

“Graphite Stone,” Minerals Kingdoms, accessed 7/3/2023, accessed 7/3/2023, https://www.minerals-kingdom.com/stones-virtues/graphite-stone/

Kathryn Emily van de Weil, Fascinum: the apotropaic phallus of Campania in the Ancient and Modern Imagination, PhD Thesis, University of Warwick, 2019.
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