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Whoever is interested, here are two very good academic articles about persistent hunting (subscription required): http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/508695 ht

by pav3l 14y ago

Whoever is interested, here are two very good academic articles about persistent hunting (subscription required): http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/508695 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/508695 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248408001358 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248408... Also, here is a video of a modern persistent hunter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o

resatori 14y ago
How do they bring the prey home after hunting it 30km?
- sirrocco 14y ago
  Well.. from the article : "across his shoulders". I can't even imagine.
- pav3l 14y ago
  Endurance hunting is rarely a straight line race. Here is an example of a route for one of those hunts (it's from my first link): http://www.jstor.org/literatum/publisher/jstor/journals/content/curranth/2006/ca.2006.47.issue-6/508695/production/images/large/fg2.jpeg http://www.jstor.org/literatum/publisher/jstor/journals/cont... As you can see, even though the overall distance is 25.1 km, the straight line distance between the start and finish is less than a mile.
- bdunbar 14y ago
  On your back, in pieces.
- astral303 14y ago
  I watched the YouTube "Lost in Taiga" videos in Russian and they mention that the whole family traveled for two days (with overnight camping) over to eat the killed animal. Whether it was this 30km one or a different one is unclear.
ddunkin 14y ago
It also reminded me of this, an old episode of This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/80/running-after-antelope http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/80/ru...
- bubbleRefuge 14y ago
  Nice. I remember that myself.
- smcl 14y ago
  I also recommend the book he wrote by the same title, featuring some of the same essays/articles featured in the broadcast and a good deal more. If you're in the US it should be no bother to find, but if you're abroad it'll take a bit of searching (or ordering from the US)

by pav3l 14y ago

resatori 14y ago

How do they bring the prey home after hunting it 30km?

sirrocco 14y ago
Well.. from the article : "across his shoulders". I can't even imagine.
pav3l 14y ago
Endurance hunting is rarely a straight line race. Here is an example of a route for one of those hunts (it's from my first link): http://www.jstor.org/literatum/publisher/jstor/journals/content/curranth/2006/ca.2006.47.issue-6/508695/production/images/large/fg2.jpeg http://www.jstor.org/literatum/publisher/jstor/journals/cont... As you can see, even though the overall distance is 25.1 km, the straight line distance between the start and finish is less than a mile.
bdunbar 14y ago
On your back, in pieces.
astral303 14y ago
I watched the YouTube "Lost in Taiga" videos in Russian and they mention that the whole family traveled for two days (with overnight camping) over to eat the killed animal. Whether it was this 30km one or a different one is unclear.

ddunkin 14y ago

It also reminded me of this, an old episode of This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/80/running-after-antelope http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/80/ru...

bubbleRefuge 14y ago
Nice. I remember that myself.
smcl 14y ago
I also recommend the book he wrote by the same title, featuring some of the same essays/articles featured in the broadcast and a good deal more. If you're in the US it should be no bother to find, but if you're abroad it'll take a bit of searching (or ordering from the US)