Re: Chimps as Hunter-Gathers...

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In article <3pvt7u$ur@ganesh.lm.com>, K. Rapczak (krapczak@telerama.lm.com) writes:
>
>I read this on another newsgroup: "Science" magazine (I don't know
>which issue) supposedly published an article on primate evolution
>recently which discussed bands of chimpanzees which are beginning to
>act like the hunter-gatherer ancestors of homo sapiens.
>
>Is not "hunting/gathering" something chimps have already been doing
>for a long time? What, if anything, would differentiate this type of
>behavior when engaged in by proto-humans as opposed to modern
>chimpanzees?

We here have no idea whatsoever.

The boys over there in sci.anthropology.paleo, on the other hand,
would be very pleased indeed to answer your question.

Thank you.

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