Monday, December 05, 2005

USATODAY.com - Science snapshot: Early humans hunted, not hunters

USATODAY.com - Science snapshot: Early humans hunted, not hunters: "Science snapshot: Early humans hunted, not hunters
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON D.C. — Hunting as the 9-to-5 job of early humans, striding off from the ole' cave to clobber a mastadon for dinner, is a popular notion for explaining how people survived in prehistory. But some anthropologists are suggesting that being hunted, rather than hunting, was the daily fare of humanity's ancestors. And they argue that trying not to be eaten played a significant role in human evolution."

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