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A grave in Peru has been shown to contain the world’s oldest female hunter. This news is potentially explosive. It may change our understanding of gender relations in the ancient Americas and even the nature of prehistoric societies. Randy Hass, an anthropologist from the University of California, was working with his colleagues at a high-altitude site in an area known as Wilamaya Patjxa, in southern Peru, when they found six burials, dating back almost 9,000 years, which contained the remains of six individuals. During their work the team collaborated with the local Aymara community. New Study Questions Archaic Views on Gender Roles, Showing Women as Cultural Leaders Did Light-Skinned, Redheaded Neanderthal Women Hunt With the Men? Ancient Laws and Women’s