This is easier said than done without serious weapons. The bow and arrow was invented less than 100,000 years ago, and putting stone points on spears was invented maybe 500,000 years ago.26 Before these weapons, hominin hunters would have had to get close to their prey, sometimes by thrusting spears into them. Please don’t try this. Meat is a nutritious food, but given the risk of being kicked or gored while getting up close and personal with an angry wildebeest, it’s remarkable that more of our hunter-gatherer ancestors weren’t vegetarian.
