There was one man, a pygmy hunter named Dawi, who could tell him the answer.

NPR: An Asian Pygmy and his Pal from Far Rockaway

They list, among others, Monster Hunter and Mega Man as inspirations.

FORBES: Connect

The genetic inheritance of Homo sapiens sapiens, which evolved during the 7m years or so that separate us from our last common ancestor with chimpanzees and bonobos, equipped man to succeed as a hunter-gatherer.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

HUNTER-GAULT: In the rite, the older man is called the fesi(ph), or hyena, because he's in disguise.

NPR: The Missed Education of African Girls

He had earlier been an uninhibited legacy-hunter, expediently making friends with a dying but wealthy young man.

ECONOMIST: British poets

Modern hunter-gatherer societies, which are assumed to be similar to those of early man, have a maximum size of 150-180 people.

ECONOMIST: The evolution of punishment explained

What turns an almost-one-man show into an increasingly tense trackdown-and-revenge thriller is a bargain struck between bounty hunter and slave.

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