• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    When do you suppose that what we consider modern humans were able to be capable of mutual consent? What about our ancestors and what we evolved from?

    Because, that’s just a tiny fraction of our history, and that doesn’t go back close to even a hundred thousand years. Let alone “hundreds”. None of the times before that could be considered consensual. So yes, of course, you don’t?

    Children isn’t even the right word for most of our history as well, It’s offspring.

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      4 months ago

      Homo sapiens is around 300,000 years old. That includes the level of intelligence and the capability for social behaviour.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human#Evolution

      And given that many female animals will violently chase off males who want to mate against the females’ will, ‘consent’ is probably much, much older.