Each gender may be innately better at certain tasks, but that doesn't mean that they aren't capable of trying any task.

Female chimps that we studied tended to learn the skill about 27 months earlier than male chimps. Little girl chimps at the termite mound, even at very young ages, tended to watch their mothers more and pay close attention, while little boy chimps were off kind of playing around in the trees and doing somersaults.

Female chimps that we studied tended to learn the skill about 27 months earlier than male chimps,

We found that mothers showed no differential behavior toward their sons versus their daughters. They weren't being nasty to their sons or encouraging to their daughters.

This advance in the analysis is fundamentally different from anything anyone has done with ancient DNA. What we're trying to do is basically make a moving picture of their history instead of just a snapshot.

We mainly need housing you know. We're trying to find somewhere to live.