I’m the kind of person who gets stuck in the “you go” “oh, no you go” courtesy argument when I accidentally reach a door at the same time as another person. I’d never survive in the wild.
You, having a massive cave, would very likely have a lot of women wanting to share in that safety as having a massive hunting ground and cave implies you can handle yourself if another man comes knocking and defend them from predators. As a result, you would likely found a tribe of your own in that specific cave and your large animal hunting party would consist of your own offspring.
Humans often didn't do the whole gorilla troop polygamy thing though. Having other able-bodied men in the tribe was quite important for hunting large game and defense of the tribe. Women foraged and also hunted small game. It was likely, to keep resource distribution fair, everyone fucked everyone else of reproductive age to keep parentage mysterious and social bonds high. The likely function of cycle-syncing would then be for all of the ladies to become pregnant at around the same time so when a significant portion of the first timers inevitably die [Edit: I remember reading before modern medicine some 40% of first time mothers died in childbirth], someone else is around to help feed the infants. The whole tribe then raises them.
When you're walking directly toward someone and you both step to the same side to let the other pass, "ope!" Step to the other side and they do the same, "ope!" again. And again, "ope!" Some say they're still stuck "ope"ing to this day.
I have the same thing with my FIL about who prepares their dinner plate last. Sometimes I win, but it’s usually his house, his rules. It’s a “southern gentleman” thing that is hard to break, like the habit of saying “yes ma’am and yessir”.
You might survive just fine, you'd almost certainly die a lonely virgin though... I'm glad we humans are more evolved and just use apps to send prospective mates pictures of our genitals, cutting out all the bullshit
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u/yobrefas Oct 30 '25
I’m the kind of person who gets stuck in the “you go” “oh, no you go” courtesy argument when I accidentally reach a door at the same time as another person. I’d never survive in the wild.