Archaeological evidence suggests that we humans were hunter-gatherers for a very long time indeed--tens of thousands of years. This list includes many of the techniques that we used then to make the dangerous game of tracking wild beasts for our dinner more successful.
Projectile Points
Lucinda Backwell (c) 2008
Projectile points are sometimes called arrow heads, but more generally the term refers to any stone or bone or metal pointy object affixed to a wooden shaft and shot or thrown in the direction of some tasty animal dates to perhaps as long ago as 70,000 years in South Africa.
Atlatls
Ed Nellis (c)2005
An atlatl (pronounced in all kinds of interesting manners) is a throwing stick, used to increase effectiveness and accuracy of spear throwing. The earliest evidence of atlatl use dates to the European Upper Paleolithic of some 30,000 years ago.
Desert Kites
Desert Kites are a communal hunting strategy consisting of structures built by desert hunters in the Arabian and Sinai peninsulas to herd animals into pits or enclosures, or off steep cliffs.
