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Re:A surprising food may have been a staple of the real Pale... by walkhour on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:51AM (#35358114)
> There are no contemporary examples of humans hunting that way.

There are some examples [0], although admittedly they are isolated cases.

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

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Re:A surprising food may have been a staple of the real Pale... by mhb on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:35PM (#35362158)
Running After Antelope: Scott Carrier's story of trying for twelve years to chase down and catch an antelope by foot.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35362140

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Re:A surprising food may have been a staple of the real Pale... by burkaman on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:39PM (#35362236)
This is an unusually poorly written Wikipedia article with a very weird style and a lot of unsourced statements. I would be very hesitant to trust it without extensively reading the sources.
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