• hperrin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Throwing rocks is really useful too when you never get tired while running. So we’ll chase down an animal for twenty kilometers then pelt it with rocks.

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      5 months ago

      Animals: “ow! Ok, I get that this is a- ow! good huntin- ow! Hunting strategy and I’m too tired to- ow! Run. But this is- ow! Just humiliating.”

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        5 months ago

        Another animal later: “oh these ones just have very straight sticks, at least that won’t be as bad as the rocks–WTF THEY THREW IT INSIDE ME!”

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      5 months ago

      We really do break the balance of the game. Aimed accuracy of throwing things, high level detailed communication and social interaction, that same vocal range means we can imitate animal sounds to trick them into running off cliffs, can literally run animals to death, very high level intelligence allowing planning and tool use.

      One or two of these would make us an op apex predator.