Do Men Know Directions Better Than Women?
The more things change, the more things, well, change. A new study has found that men evolved better navigation ability than women because men with better spatial skills – the ability to mentally manipulate objects – can roam farther and have children with more mates. Welcome to the 21st century. The study was done on two African tribes so I don't know how much of that really relates to this part of the world, judging from my husband -- and most of the men I know -- navigation ability? Better suggest they can make dinner while helping with homework and writing a dissertation, all at the same time. My husband can't turn on the oven and put dinner in , at the same time. But anyway. By testing and interviewing dozens of members of the Twe and Tjimba tribes in northwest Namibia, men who did better on a spatial task not only traveled farther than other men but also had children with more women, according to the study. And the real deal is, they...