I don't think it's necessarily true that men did the hunting and women the
gathering, at least in the case of Australian Aborigines.  There is some
evidence (which I'm afraid is not in my files) plus a recent study that was
reported in the newspaper this month, that Aboriginal women brought home
most of the food - full stop.  They hunted small animals like goannas,
snakes and wallabies as well as gathered shellfish, yams, honey, bush
fruit, nuts and seeds,and prepared the seed cakes.  According to the paper,
the men hunted the big animals but were unsuccessful most of the time.   I
can dig around for the references if people want them.

Best wishes  Jennie




Jennie Brand Miller  PhD
Associate Professor in Human Nutrition
Department of Biochemistry  G08
University of Sydney
NSW 2006  Australia
Phone: (61 2) 9351 3759
Fax: (61 2) 9351 6022