David Attenborough – Hunter-Gatherer Persistence Hunt
WARNING: Please be advised this video contains scenes of an animal being killed. These scenes are near the end of this video. Persistence hunting is a type of hunting where the hunter uses a combination of running and tracking to pursue the prey to exhaustion. Nowadays, it is very rare and seen only in a few groups such as Kalahari bushmen and the Tarahumara or Raramuri people of Northern Mexico. Persistence hunting requires endurance running – running many miles for extended periods of time. Among primates endurance running is only seen in humans, and persistence hunting is thought to have been one of the earliest forms of human hunting, having evolved 2 million years ago. Follow a modern day paleolithic diet. www.paleocookbook.com
Haha wow.
But will he drag the whole animal back home to his village, or will he just take parts of the animal and bring home? I mean they ran for hours and hours, it will take ages for him to get the animal back
Thanks for sharing, these David Attenborough nature documentaries are true gems.
Clips like this make me proud to be a human.
It would be hilarious to intercut a very serious and similarly-narrated video clips of an average American “running” (getting out of his car and waddling across the parking lot) to “hunt” (fishing dollars out of a wallet) “the prey” (a Carl’s Jr. cheeseburger).
“Only one man will undertake it, Johnny Roland – the accountant from Price Waterhouse.”
“Who will collapse first? His heart or his knees.”
psht big deal the nav’i can totally do it better
Yea, but you notice that he has a mid-foot or a ball strike. He doesn’t land on his heal.
cool movie until 3:35 where he is wearing shoes =/
..breathtaking..
..and the respect given to the animal after the spear is ‘tearsheading’
Imagine doing that before globalization. Also as mentioned – water.
Geez
That might be one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.
8 hours! to chase down and kill that animal….
Ba dam tsss
the tarahumara ACTUALLY out run the animal right away…it’s intense…these men aren’t the super athletes that the raramuri are
powerful !
no that was the traditional african reebok and plastic water bottle for head pouring
As far as outrunning, the Raramuri Indians from mexico can outrun the local deer too. But not many tribes, like this one and the Raramuri can do that
Profound …. may we be able to care for our own, when the lights go out … Michael, Maine USA
That was absolutely astonishing.
We’ve lost a lot.
Was that a nike?
Sands bushmen have some of the
most original genome from which all
humans share…..It would also take one
a very long time to acclimate to indoor
living…..
Unreal are Africans as you learn more!!!!!
Now i know from where the Avatar movie producers got many of their ideas…
i posted this on my fasebook page once. They removed this beautiful clip. Why some fool mistook this for animal cruelty. I am still angry. This is a age old, beautiful way of life. what can i say?
awesome stuff
This was a beautifully emotional moment for me to watch. i loved it! thank u very much for posting it.