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There doesn't seem to be as much consensus on the case for persistence hunting as there once was. https://undark.org/2019/10/03/persistent-myth-persistence-hun

• huffmsa 7y ago
  The only people who persistence hunt still are the people who didn't find a better approach. Be it that they don't need a better approach (which is fine. Means they're optimized) or that they simply spend.so much time hunting that they don't have the excess time and resources to experiment with new approaches
  • gadders 7y ago
    I also think it depends on the environment. I can imagine ancient humans persistence hunting across the plains of Africa. I have a harder time picturing it in rain forests or the forests that used to cover most of Europe.
    • mrkstu 7y ago
      And once you learn to drive big game into pits, most of the other options seem less efficient.