Arguably, the same instinct persists among non "primitive" peoples. The American tendency to link hunting and masculinity, and to continue hunting despite the absence of economic need may, to some extent, embody the same idea that the life of a hunter is somehow more ideal than that of a farmer and craftsman. To the extent that hunting and warfare are linked this may provide some explanation of the desire to hunt using state of the art weaponry when less devastating technology could suffice. It could also explain some of the iconography used among soldiers in modern armies, who often deploy images of wolves, eagle, tigers, and other predators as common icons.
