The Oldest Trade ...

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I was not certain to place this into the adult-section, but it has been published on the BBC's webpage, therefore I think it is save to open the thread here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7988169.stm

Interesting. I just happen to have a bunch of steaks, and pork chops, in my freezer right now. Hmm.....

I wouldhave thought that it was more likely that it was a case of the Alpha male showing that he could be a good provider and therefore got all the perks of the position.

I wouldn't be suprisedif you were to look into the background of the lead researcher you found that they are an uptight feminist looking to demonstrate how males subject females to domination through out nature. Or, maybe looking for a diffrent take on the subject in order to secure funds.

Interesting.
The animals in question are involved in long term relationships so it speaks to more than just the origin of "the world's oldest profession". It suggests alot about the origins of much of modern human behavior: marriage, kinship ties, and the economy in general.

In modern hunter-gather tribes woman gather most of the bulk of food in the form of plants, but men hunt biggame which provides the protien. Meat is distributed throught the tribe through kinship ties and alliances in public feasts- were as the veggies tend to stay within the nuclear family. So chimps seem to have demonstrated a baby step towards how food cements society together in fully human stoneage level tribes.

I do not see here the big difference: In both cases sex is traded against material goods. The sole difference is the business model: One is short term based, the other long term based. Because the societies of chimpanzees are quite small a long term based business model is just more successful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0