| game for food, clothing and shelter is a big part | | | | just the traditional masculine endeavour anymore, |
| of the story of the human race. It predates the | | | | hunting became a specific duty with tradesmen |
| human civilization we know today in many ways. | | | | acquiring precise training. The other trend was |
| There are many discoveries that are being made | | | | hunting becoming the sport and leisure domain of |
| that confirm that notion. An Asian fossilized | | | | the upper classes. It was here that the English |
| spearhead discovered recently was dated at over | | | | word 'game' became common. |
| 16,000 years old, for example. There is also | | | | Hunting has had other effects on our modern |
| evidence that we used larger animals for food | | | | society as well. Various animals have been used |
| almost two million years ago. | | | | to aid the hunter, but none has become as |
| The earliest form of hunting involved, as far as | | | | important to us as the dog. The use of the |
| the experts can tell, involved weapons like spears | | | | ancestors of the wolf to retrieve prey and be our |
| or bow and arrows shot from a distance. Believe | | | | loyal companions has set the dog apart. Its |
| it or not, our ancestors caught their food using | | | | domestication, which took thousands of years, is |
| the same method we use to catch the bus to | | | | considered a remarkable accomplishment. The tie |
| work when we're late. We ran after it. Before he | | | | between hunting man and dog goes so far back |
| learned to use long range weapons, early man had | | | | that the very word for hunting in ancient Greek is |
| no other way of catching his dinner than being | | | | derived from the word dog. |
| persistent and wearing it down over a long trek, | | | | Perhaps the most famous type of hunting is the |
| sometimes even in the oppressive midday heat. | | | | safari, which was popularized by the American |
| Some early hunters would chase antelope over | | | | author Ernest Hemingway. The word itself is from |
| 20 miles in heat over 100 degrees. Persistence | | | | the Swahili, meaning long journey, and the most |
| hunting would be the order of the day. African | | | | common type of safari occurs in Africa. It was |
| hunters would chase a Kudu, which is an early | | | | frequently several days or weeks of camping |
| version of the antelope, by startling the animal so | | | | while stalking or hunting big game, but in a more |
| it ran away. They would chase the beast at a | | | | modern sense, it also encompassed trips through |
| fast pace, and, while the faster Kudu would | | | | African national parks to hunt or watch the big |
| always be further ahead, the hunters would catch | | | | game. Unlike their predecessors who ran their |
| up to it when it took time to rest in the shade. | | | | prey down years before, the modern African |
| The hunter would eventually finish the animal off | | | | hunter often acquires a special licence and enlists |
| with a spear, but not until he was at close range. | | | | the aid of local professionals. There is even a type |
| This type of hunting is still practised in Southern | | | | of modern safari where no animals are killed. The |
| Africa. | | | | photo-safari is exactly what its name implies and |
| With changes in human society, hunting evolved. | | | | a Polish photographer first used the term |
| As we began to grow our own food and keep | | | | "bloodless hunt". |
| animals, hunting became a specialized task. Not | | | | |