Who’s the First Person in History Whose Name We Know? (2015)
The first recorded writer probably was a male, indeed.<p>That&#x27;s because most ancient societies were blatantly misogynistic.  It&#x27;s unlikely women were afforded the opportunity to be educated or trained in the scholastic, monastic, or financial professions which were most likely to leave some form of written record.<p>So, yeah, the odds, based on historical predicates, are that the first recorded human&#x27;s name was a male name. But not necessarily (or even likely) because of the author&#x27;s claim that males seem to be more prone to be early adopters.<p>Nor is it at all likely that many of the hostile commenters on this author&#x27;s article have the right idea that women in ancient history were equal contributors to society&#x27;s evolution.  They probably were not.  Not because of any intrinsic inferiority of women, but because of the male-oriented power dynamics that clearly dominated most ancient societies.