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![“It's a simplification to say that the men [during Stone Age] went to war to maintain their dominance over the women. The men would help dig agricultural ditches because they were superb farmers. That was very heavy lifting work. But then they just preened themselves, and put bird-of-paradise…” quote by Peter Matthiessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/peter-matthiessen-5795_age_it-s-a-simplification-to-say-that-the-me_1452010.png)
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