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Old 04-07-2008, 04:06 PM   #21 (permalink)
Cynic
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Originally Posted by ninja View Post
Dr. Harmony, would it be fair to say that hunter gatherers had to sprint after what they were hunting?
Not all. Neanderthal stalked up close to it's prey and lunged at it with a sharpened stick. That's more a power move.

And cro-magnon used an atlatl to hunt from great distances. The atlatl is believed to be instrumental in the hunting extinction of the mammoth.
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