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A common method seems to have been to just run after the animals slowly, so they can't rest but don't run yet, until they die from exhaustion. Our heat dissipation system is better than most animals, so it works better when it's hot. It's possible to do it alone, and hunt big animals with only a knife to kill them in the end, if you know what you're doing. However, it means you have to move for a long time.


This is called "persistence hunting" [1], and is still pursued by some hunter-gatherer cultures today.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting




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