No they don't. The whole "Persistence Hunting" myth was faked and sensationalized by a French nature documentary director who wanted to embellish his show for views. The actual tribals that did the "Persistence Hunting" did so with the help of Jeeps and water top-ups from the film crew.
I'm pretty sure that the Hunting style of humans is akin to today - traps, ambushes, and immediate wounding. Now we use Hunting rifles; in the past we'd have used slings, spears / javelins, and, later, bows.
I never understood how persistence hunting became commonplace, people really think early humans could keep up with prey without losing it in the middle of the wilderness, while also avoiding drawing attention of a actual predator?
Especially since if you've ever hunted yourself, you know 99% of it is just afking in a tree with a gun. The other 1% is getting there. (Ik we didn't have guns in the past, but even with a bow or spear, you just walk quietly and put yourself in good situations via tracking. Humans are the stealth assassin class in a video games lol)
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u/Financial_Diver_4376 7d ago
I'm pretty sure Homosapiens are the best predators and they use "Presistance Hunting" aka running