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If you're saying that this proves endurance hunting is a myth, you should know that there are real live people who practice it today, and you can find at least
by PhasmaFelis 2y ago
If you're saying that this proves endurance hunting is a myth, you should know that there are real live people who practice it today, and you can find at least one of them on YouTube.
This comment discusses what some of those people do differently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41241490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41241490
- rramadass 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41242321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41242321
- anitil 2y agoI'm not saying it's a myth, I'd say my position is - 1. It's plausible that some humans somewhere might have used it, however 2. It's unlikely any group of humans used this for a meaningful amount of their caloric intake The point of my previous comment was that I find it interesting that it seems to have taken an oversized mindshare in people's beliefs around the evolution of humans. I'm interested in why that might be. I suspect because it has a slightly unexpected twist that while we're not fantastic at running, we are (allegedly) good at long-distance running.
- PhasmaFelis 2y ago> we are (allegedly) good at long-distance running. Whatever the evolutionary reasons for it, I don't think we can reasonably dispute that humans are pretty good at long-distance running.
- anitil 2y agoYou're right, I shouldn't have qualified it