Yes - to the extent that hunting is a social activity, mightn't this just show that 50 year-old men have more social power than younger ones?
I have looked up all studies on the subject. There is agreement that hunting success doesn't peak before 40 On reading tracks: https://plus.google.com/101046916407340625977/posts/AEmXeeBuQYP … Here is the classic on hunting age https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/46603755/gurvenetal2006JHE.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1528311839&Signature=sOmz3MqMtjZw%2BwSEbFP3UxUd9A0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DHow_long_does_it_take_to_become_a_profic.pdf …pic.twitter.com/mrc78pbXb0
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Literally the only society referenced in that excerpt that are actually hunter-gatherers are the Ache, the rest are primarily horticulturalists who sometimes hunt. And I just showed you the Ache data showing that *return rate* peaks in mid-30's.
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Other sources I read say that for some of the more difficult to hunt prey animals, peak age is even higher.
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