Abstract
Recent fossil evidence coupled with new ethnographic data stimulate this reappraisal of the role of hunting in hominid evolution. Figures are assembled on modern primate diets including those of human foragers, which indicate the distinctive importance of hunting in human adaptation. Guided by current theory in evolutionary ecology, a scenario for hominid divergence is developed which is consistent with (a) the latest fossil evidence, (b) data available on the behavior of modern non-human primates, (c) archaeologically detectable traces of hominid behavior, and (d) modern hunter-gatherer ethnography.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 521-544 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Journal of Human Evolution |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hunting
- hominid evolution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Anthropology