Note: I am talking about ancient Hunter gathers not the modern Hunter gathers because they are not a view into the past.
I feel like Hunter gathers are more diverse than we think.
Note: I am talking about ancient Hunter gathers not the modern Hunter gathers because they are not a view into the past.
I feel like Hunter gathers are more diverse than we think.
I'm gonna break out the calipers, but even if they weren't persistence hunting, the "durr big strong manly lumberjack" phenotype doesn't make any sense. That body type isn't built for hunting of any sort, whether persistence or sprinting.
persistence hunting would be lean people, like the San currently do
if there was a method similar to what lions use, which is basically a combination of ambush + sprinting, that would probably be mesomorphic people.
the stereotypical masculine alpha male with the huge thick torso would absolutely suck at hunting anything with primitive technology. They don't run fast, they don't run cheap, and they don't run long. However he'd be easily supported by a farmer or fisher community, where food is guaranteed and very sedentary.
Oh I wasn’t really trying to refute what you were saying. Just making word associations in a topic I vaguely understand the basics of lol. That’s interesting though, thank you