ABSTRACT
Hunting represents the more spectacular side of the earliest forms of human culture. But it forms both a pastime and also an important part of the daily life of many peoples who are far further developed. A great deal of man’s development has probably not been the direct result of invention, but rather of what may be called culture-contact. A profound change therefore takes place not only in the arts of life but also in the whole organization of human society. Among the hunters, he travels fastest who travels alone, and the most successful hunter is he who has nobody to disturb the game. The evidence of primitive peoples would rather suggest that there was at one time a widely spread culture where cultivation consisted in the sporadic attempts of the women to cultivate while the men still hunted.
