The reason lies in the requirements made by our ancient environment. We lived in small groups on the African savannah. Where women made a living from gathering fruits and vegetables. And where men brought in the meat through hunting.

Hunting is a team effort. Whether you drive small animals to your fellow hunters or you track [...]

We evolved as hunter-gatherers. Hunting requires plenty of skill, that is obvious. Compared to the male hunting, female gathering seems a pretty simple task. What I want to show is that the occupation of gathering wild fruits and vegetables is far from simple. It is a highly information intensive occupation.

A tree full of fruits is [...]

It could be that it is our brain that makes us listen to these stories and react out loud, to calibrate our sensitivities with those of our group.

It isn’t the story that really matters, but the vocal reactions of approval and disapproval of the people around us. They tell us how we should think to [...]