the Lykov family who fled from religious persecution into the Russian taiga in 1936. They survived undisturbed over 240km (150mi.) from the nearest settlement for 40 years, and a vital supplement to their marginal farming was hunting. But they had no weapons, and the Lykov boys taught themselves to simply chase animals through the forest until they dropped. The Lykovs were rarely successful, sometimes making just one kill a year, whereas Neanderthals had had lifetimes to hone their skills.
