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Originally posted by Aslan
We, as a species, did pretty well for thousands of years before the advent of firearms.
Clubs, spears, bows and arrows were hunting tools before they were weapons of war (actually probably came into both uses at the same time.)
The earliest cave paintings show man as a hunter.
The advancement of the human race, and our survival, surely had nothing to do with the consumption of meat. I would argue the weapons you listed would have primarily been used as weapons of self defence before they would have ever been used to 'hunt' animals. Could you ever imagine trying to hunt a deer with a club!?!?! :confused: