OK, so I'm a science type myself, never lived on a farm or anything, so I'm not complaining here, but my observations to date indicate that research type guys get to go indoors a whole lot more frequently than farm/fish guys.

Is there some sort of anthropological rational for this, or is it the opinion at LDW that farmers are just, um...dull?

I've noticed that the more skills a villager has, the more sought after he becomes. I had one guy aged 68 who was a master scientist, master farmer, adept healer and had a touch of parenting as well. At one stage in the game, I had just finished building a hut so the population was exploding and this guy had five women chasing him - and they ALL caught him. Nobody else got a look in.

Just like real life right? The guy that has it all gets the chicks!

Every tribe is different, and some villagers just don't seem to 'get' it regardless of their training. There was some hilarious discussion a little over a month ago regarding the 'personalities' and breeding tendencies of the villagers.