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And something human beings used to do.
by lo_zamoyski 11mo ago
And something human beings used to do.
- Retric 11mo agoThe average was significantly higher than 14 even in hunter gatherer societies. Women in studied hunter gather societies had their first kid around 19 with a mix of teens and early 20’s being common.
- micromacrofoot 11mo agoBiologically this may simply be because it's safer to give birth when you're fully grown
- pfannkuchen 11mo agoWasn’t puberty later back then too? Like people weren’t waiting around post puberty saving themselves for whatever, puberty just happened alongside full adult body maturation, not before as often happens today.
- micromacrofoot 11mo agoactually the later puberty ages may have been a temporary side-effect of malnutrition common during industrialization, there's some evidence that hunter-gatherers (and even people during medieval times) had good access to animal protein, fats, and other necessary vitamins and minerals from plant life (nutrition plays a big role in puberty onset)
- frankest 11mo agoPuberty even today has to do somewhat with body weight. You have to reach a certain level to get it. Malnutrition may have delayed it in prehistoric times.
- lo_zamoyski 11mo agoThat may be true, but I'm thinking of much of the ancient world. It would not have been unusual then.