On the whole the men hunted and the women gathered: a sexual division of labour is still universal among non-farming people and was probably not shared by their Homo erectus predecessors.

• 整体来说，也就是男人狩猎，女人采集。根据性别来分工劳作的方式至今普遍留在不从事农业活动的部族中。直立人前辈们可能还无此分法。