Hunting needs superior weapons. Humans had flintstones and sticks for weapons many millenniums back. Pretty difficult to down a deer with those.
“Humans had flintstones and sticks for weapons many millenniums back.”
They also had cooperation.
“Pretty difficult to down a deer with those.”
Not when compared to digging up 2,000 calories worth of roots per person every single day. All they needed was one deer to feed several people for more than a week.
Was it more difficult? Yep.
Was they payoff worth it? Yep.
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An atlatl which would have been one of the weapons they had, will easily take down a deer.
The throwing club, which was probably our first hunting weapon, is still quite effective at taking out small game.
Snares help.