If a group of prehistoric women somehow traveled to the present, they could probably lick the famously competitive rowers of Cambridge University's boat club in a race. A new study - the first to compare bones of ancient and living women - reveals a hidden history of Central European women performing strenuous manual labor for millennia. The average ancient women had stronger upper arms than today's female rowing champions. Forget the modern conception of women as delicate fainters. ...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/prehistoric-womens-arms-were-up-to-16-stronger-than-todays-rowing-champions
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