How did primitive humans, with a top speed of 28 mph, hunt large mammals like deer, bears, wolves, etc, that can reach speeds of near 35 – 40 mph?
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Wait what? Usain Bolts top speed isn’t even 28 mph. Who what when how? Working as a team is the obvious answer but wut?
From what I know from survival shows… Since humans can sweat and animals, generally, can’t. So you basically chase and trail an animal to the point its exhausted from the heat.
Then you swoop in and kill it.
The short answer is we just kept walking after them following the trail of their hoofprints/pawprints, and eventually the animal in question would exhaust itself trying to get away. That’s when the tribe of humans would strike as one and bring down the animal.
This is a tactic called pursuit predation.
“Slow and steady wins the race”
Humans are slower, but we can follow the animals until they tire out and become much easier to capture.
This is why humans are so good at tracking.
Also, we have tools: spears, shoes, clothes, nets, coordination (team work).
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