[Cowboy Bob]

The title implies that ancient man was a "stay at home" dad, while mom when out hunting.

I think the women "roamed" because they were kidnapped in battle, or were married off to bring peace or unity between groups. Remember, women were often considered chattel.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Bingo

Headline is moronic

[SubMareener]

I think that your, I believe correct, hypothesis is too politically incorrect for the current crop of academics and journalists. Such oppression of women only began when George W. Bush became President. ;-)

[SunkenCiv]

I didn’t ping you, and yet you clicked on that very headline. IOW, the headline — which I didn’t write — did the job it was supposed to do.