Women work harder than men – our anthropological study reveals why

Men in rural China spend more time in leisure or social activities, or just hanging around and resting.
For most people around the world, physical work takes up a great amount of time and energy every day. But what determines whether it is men or women who are working harder in households? In most hunter-gatherer societies, men are the hunters and women are the gatherers – with men seemingly walking the furthest. But…