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That's true, but I suspect all humans needed to wipe most of these animals out was the invention of the spear. There's a difference in what humans hunt compared
by nitwit005 8y ago
That's true, but I suspect all humans needed to wipe most of these animals out was the invention of the spear. There's a difference in what humans hunt compared to most animals. Large healthy animals are quite dangerous, as anyone who's been kicked by a horse can attest, so often their predators are limited to the sick or otherwise vulnerable ones, limiting the population damage they can cause.
Humans can throw a bunch of spears at the biggest thing they can find and follow it until its injuries to do it in. That's great from the perspective of being able to get a lot of food, but not so great in that you're killing off the healthy breeding population.
- SerLava 8y agoRocks work too. Humans are lanky thin-haired things for a good reason. They can just jog after a wildebeest for 8 hours until it overheats, and then they can throw rocks at its head.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoTo the water buffalo it's probably like being hunted by terminator.
- burnte 8y agoIt really is. Our ability to sweat to shed heat, our slow but incredibly sustainable pace, and our intelligence make us amazing hunters. We're not just pack hunters, we're able to communicate and create complex plans. And in the end, the endurance we have is unmatched in the animal kingdom.