In western Canada there is a world heritage site (?) named "Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump". From the number of bones at the bottom of the cliff, it
appears that buffalo can be herded/frightened so that some cannot avoid the fall. No high-tech weapons necessary.

William




08/03/01 2:14:07 AM, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>snip
>Mean tricks these bushmen have.
>Gazelles they shoot with poisoned arrows (they'll die in a few hours).
>Inuit have another trick.
>They put a flexible bone (like a spring) into a piece of meat and have an
>icebear eat this. Then, slowly the bear will die because the bone will make
>a hole in its stomach.
>Just wait and you have a very fine carcass.
>
>>If this is how Mammoths were hunted do you think that our
>>ancestors exterminated the Mammoth,  I think that idea is
>>absurd!
>
>Well, bows and arrows are a very recent invention the last 40k years only.
>Mammoth seem to have died out after humans entered America 12k years back.
>So -- possible.
>Or they found a way how to poison the mammoth babies - or attack pregnant
>mammoth - something that hindered their reproduction.
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>>Regards, Amadeo
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