Hunting Kings
Laura Betzig
Nimrod, the builder of cities from Babel to Calah, was first “mighty man” on earth, a hunter before Lord.” So were other Near Eastern, North African, Far European, and New World kings. They hunted everything lions guanacos, four six continents, beginning end recorded time. But why? Hunting provided meat, perhaps military exercise; but most kings subsisted domesticated animals plants, delegated their wars specialists. Besides, chasing cost money time, more than few killed or maimed in act bringing down game. The costs seem outweigh benefits. Much about human history seems have been adaptive. Royal hunts do not. adaptation savannah for hundreds thousands years. it be vestige can't shake.
Cross-Cultural Research