Evoluntionary theory

The end of chapter two discusses the idea of evolutionary theory. While parts of it seem rationally true, I think it is an excellent example of the importance of not treating theories as facts. In an archeology class I took for fun in college we studied different theories of evolution. Overall two main flaws were pointed out in the class to the general /popular theory of evolution. One is that it has recently been discovered that women actually carried the grunt of the work load and feeding needs of the community, as it has been found that gathering was actually much more important than hunting. So this idea really dissuades the typical perception of the male female relationship or as referred to in the text “the campfire”(p. 55). The second aspect is that, the theory of evolution as perceived today is remarkable similar to that of typical suburban culture of the early to mid 20^th century. Meaning to say that, those who developed the theory were heavily influenced by their sociocultural context. The evolutionary theory, as many theories, is heavily based on perceptions that are inescapable linked to the environment in which people live.