I do have to wonder if children were brought up socially rather than parentally....

araneae · on July 20, 2009

14 year olds can be very mature if they are expected to be. Having to hunt to survive can make you learn to do it well very quickly.

Also, clearly you have never lived in the Midwest. Even in some parts of modern day society 14 year old boys are adequate hunters :).

nopassrecover · on July 20, 2009

Fair enough. Modern day society has guns and less predators though.

gcheong · on July 20, 2009

I believe in most hunter/gatherer societies, the hunters hunt in groups with the older hunters training the younger ones.