ABSTRACT
Hunting is the master behavior pattern of the human species. Hunting is an active process which puts motion and direction into the diagram of man's morphology, technology, social organization, and ecological relations. A study of hunting removes the tedious ambiguity contained in many discussions of the importance of tools, whether tool use means that tools use humans or that humans use tools. Hunting may profitably be analyzed as a sequence pattern of behavioral complexes. Three indispensable parts of the hunting system are programmed into the child beginning early in life. Scanning includes the collection of information on where to hunt, what to hunt, and the scheduling of a hunt. Stalking and pursuit of game ordinarily begins once the animal has been sighted. Retrieval of game represents the end point of the hunting complex pattern, it is the object of those things which have preceded it. Pound for pound, man is a tough, durable, strong, and versatile animal.
