wild apes and captive monkey males and females prefer typically masculine and feminine human toys, respectively, which “suggests that there is something biologically different about the sexes that makes them gravitate to different types of toys"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/101220-chimpanzees-play-nature-nurture-science-animals-evolution/ …
Fair and correct on point 1–I was just making a summary statement. Re: point 2–as far as I know, masc/fem are operationalized as typical in the western market (trucks, dolls, respectively)
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I'd thought difference was between play as representing a baby and play as object manipulation. Modelling of nurture or exercising spatial awareness.
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