ABSTRACT
It is an understatement that hominid foraging, particularly hunting, has held a significant place in ideas about human ancestors. Reconstructions of early hominid activities can sometimes play a myth-like role in how we view ourselves and in defining concepts of human nature (Cartmill, 1983; Landau, Pilbeam, and Richard, 1982). The resulting scenarios of human evolution offer powerful symbols that feed our curiosities about our ancestry. Ideas about hominid hunting and other modes of foraging have helped greatly to mold such scenarios.
