Neolithic women were far stronger than today’s female!
Posted On: Dec 4th, 2017 at 13:44
Europe
This news is of no surprise to anyone I should expect, but viewing the data really brings this to life.
A study of bones from females from the Neolithic period shows they were up to 30% stronger in their upper arms. This result is somewhat similar to medieval archers who had much stronger arms and bigger bones than modern men. What is surprising is that while they were 30% stronger than female university students, they were also 11-16% stronger than female rowers!
The study of Neolithic women dating from 5400 – 5000 BC shows they “had similar leg bone strength to modern rowers, but their arm bones were 11-16% stronger than than rowers.”
Bronze Age (2300 – 1500 BC) women, however, showed a different result. They had 9-13% stronger arm bones than rowers but their leg bones were 12% weaker.
Either way this result is conclusive – Neolithic and Bronze Age women in Europe were as tough as modern female wrestlers, and even most males today aren’t as strong as they were!
