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  2. Hunting hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Hunting is seen as more cost effective for men than for women. [5] The division of labor allows both types of resources (animals and plants) to be utilized. [5] Individual or small group hunting requires patience and skill more than strength, so women are just as capable as men.

  3. Persistence hunting - Wikipedia

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    Persistence hunting can be done by walking, but with a 30 to 74% lower rate of success than by running or intermittent running. Furthermore, while needing 10 to 30% less energy, it takes twice as long. Walking down prey, however, might have arisen in Homo erectus, preceding endurance running. [12]

  4. Omnivore - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 November 2024. Animal that can eat and survive on both plants and animals This article is about the biological concept. For the record label, see Omnivore Recordings. Examples of omnivores. From left to right: humans, dogs, pigs, channel catfish, American crows, gravel ant Among birds, the hooded crow ...

  5. Killer ape theory - Wikipedia

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    The theory gained notoriety for suggesting that the urge to violence was a fundamental part of human psychology. It is associated with the hunting hypothesis , also developed by Ardrey. According to the theory, the ancestors of humans were distinguished from other primate species by their greater aggressiveness, and this aggression is the ...

  6. The Hunting Hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The Hunting Hypothesis: A Personal Conclusion Concerning the Evolutionary Nature of Man (commonly known as The Hunting Hypothesis) is a 1976 work of paleoanthropology by Robert Ardrey. It is the final book in his widely read Nature of Man Series , which also includes African Genesis (1961) and The Territorial Imperative (1966).

  7. Psychology of eating meat - Wikipedia

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    The psychology of eating meat is an area of study seeking ... vary significantly between omnivores and ... required early hominids to cooperate in hunting, ...

  8. Spider behavior - Wikipedia

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    Hunting on land: Jumping spiders, Wolf spiders and many other types of spiders hunt freely. Some of these have enhanced eyesight, sometimes approaching that of a pigeon (although with a much smaller field of vision).

  9. Bird of prey - Wikipedia

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    Although the term "bird of prey" could theoretically be taken to include all birds that actively hunt and eat other animals, [4] ornithologists typically use the narrower definition followed in this page, [5] excluding many piscivorous predators such as storks, cranes, herons, gulls, skuas, penguins, and kingfishers, as well as many primarily ...