The dawn of civilization

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-and yet there's no evidence that they did this for -any- reason.

Uh huh. Well after this discussion, I would assume you would be too lazy to pick up a book and check because it might be too hard, and therefore impossible for you. *rolls eyes*

But hey, it's not illegal to wrap yourself in a blankie with a juice box in your hand and watch everybody else accomplish things.  To each his own.

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Multiple reasons, but the big one would be because those carnivores will eat the herbivores that you want to eat.  You'll have to control the population.  If not the population of carnivores will steadily increase, and the herbivores rapidly decrease, then you might really have problems then. You could become the new food source by default or those carnivores might see you as disrupting their territory and become aggressive as to try to protect themselves.

"Easier" isn't always what's best.

Basic population dynamics:  population of predators never outstrip populations of prey, it isn't mathematically possible (see Malthus).  And given the relatively sparse populations of humans in the late Paleolithic, it's hard to imagine that humans were a serious competitor with other predatory species (varied diets and all that).

Boru

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