The Evolution of Man

[Matias]

This video has a very interesting hunting behavior. The use of spears (very primitive weapons), dominant behavior, absence of fear, violence and the terror imposed on animals, made me imagine the hunting behavior of our ancestors (be they Homo Erectus, Homo Ergaster or the recent ones called Homo sapiens Archaic). Usually we have that vision of small groups of hominids leaving open spaces in the African savannah, with reckless looks, faltering and accelerated movements, unprotected, waiting to be hunted by any predator, denoting that at this stage these beings were weak and devoid of dominant predatory attitudes. This view can be a grotesque mistake. By no means do I believe that all these beings I shall call prehumans have adapted and conquered the nature that enveloped them as passive collectors or hesitant hunters. These hunting attitudes we see in the video may originate at times much earlier than the current consensus.

To reinforce this point of view a bit I present this Link:

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/23/scien...itual.html


I would add to the content of the report the possibility of a "ritual of domination." Make those who threaten our prey. This discovery made in 1981 is still open to many interpretations. This dating between 400,000 and 700,000 years is no longer endorsed in later studies, evidencing an even older dating, up to 800,000 years old. Reply