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Professor Kruger decided to conduct his study after a winter holiday trip with friends across Europe. After exploring sleepy little villages and reaching Prague, the first thing the women wanted to do was to shop, and the men could not understand why. “But that is not so unreasonable if you are thinking about a gathering strategy. Anytime you come into a new area you want to scope out the landscape and find out where the food patches are,” said Professor Kruger.
克魯格教授在一個(gè)寒假跟朋友去歐洲旅行，寒假結(jié)束后，他決定進(jìn)行這項(xiàng)研究。踏勘了幾個(gè)僻靜的小村莊，他們到 達(dá)了布拉格，之后，女人們想做的第一件事就是去購(gòu)物，男人們對(duì)此卻無(wú)法理解。克魯格教授說(shuō)：“但是，只要想一想 她們采集食物的策略，這就不是那么不符合邏輯了。你到一個(gè)新地方后，總想探明這個(gè)地方的地貌，找到食物生長(zhǎng)的地方。
Food gathering by women was a daily social activity in ancient times and often young children were included, much like today. They gained skills on how to choose the best food in caveman times; if they chose the wrong food, it could kill them, said Professor Kruger. When gathering food, women had to be very skillful at choosing just the right color, smell, feel, and appearance to ensure food safety and quality. They also had to time harvests and know when a certain exhausted patch would regain life and produce a good harvest again. In modern times, women are much more likely than men to know when a specific type of item will go on sale. Women also spend much more time choosing the perfect texture, color, and quality of things.
“ 在古代，女性采集食物是一種日常社會(huì)行為，小孩子也常常參與其中，這和現(xiàn)代社會(huì)非常相像。克魯格教授說(shuō)，在穴居人生活的時(shí)代，女性就獲得了挑選最優(yōu)質(zhì)食物的技能；如果她們選錯(cuò)了食物，就會(huì)導(dǎo)致死亡。在采集食物時(shí)，女性必須能夠熟練挑選正確的顏色、氣味、手感和外觀，從而確保食物的安全和質(zhì)量。她們還必須安排收獲時(shí)間，知道一塊枯竭的土地何時(shí)能夠重獲生機(jī)再次豐收。在現(xiàn)代，女人比男人更可能知道某件貨物何時(shí)開(kāi)始出售。女人還會(huì)花更多時(shí)間選擇具有完美質(zhì)地，顏色和質(zhì)量的商品。
