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Funnily enough, when you put people into primitive situations it is one of the techniques that they adopt when they can't make better things work: > Lacking gu
by svieira 2y ago
Funnily enough, when you put people into primitive situations it is one of the techniques that they adopt when they can't make better things work:
> Lacking guns and even bows, they could hunt only by digging traps or pursuing prey across the mountains until the animals collapsed from exhaustion. Dmitry built up astonishing endurance, and could hunt barefoot in winter, sometimes returning to the hut after several days, having slept in the open in 40 degrees of frost, a young elk across his shoulders.
https://theweek.com/articles/468207/russian-family-that-lived-isolation-40-years https://theweek.com/articles/468207/russian-family-that-live...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family
- dghlsakjg 2y agoAgain, I'm not saying that humans can't persistence hunt. I'm saying that there is not a lot of evidence of it being widespread, or that it was a driver of human anatomy in evolution. The theory is based on a handful of papers, some with major bad assumptions, and a few anecdotes. The arguments against it being widespread or common are just as strong or stronger than the arguments for. My objection is just that the Outdoor magazine and Joe Rogan set like to cite it as if it is more or less settled.
- JohnMakin 2y agoYou are right and I apologize - My original post made it sound I believe it was a driver of human evolution. I do not actuay believe that, but I do believe it was a factor. it’s very very difficult to prove either way and I do think the science has not been decisive either way.