> to take into account also how difficult it must have been for us to
shoulder our way into a
> niche in the predator level. I rather like the theory that paleo man was
to some extent a
> scavenger on the kills of others species.

Why would we have to "shoulder" into hunting if we always were hunters?
There would be a natural place and a natural way for us to hunt. And why is
everyone so fond of thinking of early man as a scavanger?
Man can hunt down big game by just running until the prey collapses. Still,
if someone else took down the meat it would be silly not to take a bite, I
agree, but it would have to be rather fresh.
Eva