Hunting Content

‘Unfold’ Podcast, Episode 4: Female Big-Game Hunter Discovery Challenges Ancient Gender Roles

Katherine E Kerlin — October 19, 2021 - 8:00pm

Nine thousand years ago, a woman was buried in the Andean mountains of Peru next to tools normally associated with big-game hunting. Before you think she was just a badass, ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis researchers found that many females in the early Americas were big-game hunters and we shouldn’t be so quick to project our own gender stereotypes and current cultural values on ancient societies.

Early Big-Game Hunters of the Americas Were Female, Researchers Suggest

Karen Michele Nikos — November 04, 2020 - 11:00am

A 9,000-year-old female hunter burial in the Andes Mountains challenges the concept that men were hunters and women were gatherers.

Lead Ammunition Polluting Argentina; Change Afoot

Katherine E Kerlin — April 12, 2019 - 2:41pm

Pollution from lead ammunition causes environmental health problems in Argentina, and progress is underway to find viable replacements for lead shot, according to an overview of lead pollution from hunting in the country. Argentina’s pioneering awareness and attention to this problem may help others address this global health issue that threatens humans, animals and landscapes.

Did Artistic Ability Give Homo Sapiens an Edge Over Neanderthals?

Karen Michele Nikos — September 18, 2018 - 9:39am

Spear-throwing gave homo sapiens better eye-hand coordination, smarter brains, ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis study suggests.

Neanderthals’ Lack of Drawing Ability May Relate to Hunting Techniques

Karen Michele Nikos — February 08, 2018 - 4:56pm

Richard Coss, a professor emeritus of psychology at ��ϲ��Ͽ� Davis, says the hand-eye coordination involved in both hunting with throwing spears and drawing could explain why modern humans became smarter than Neanderthals.