Food, energy, and society
by David Pimentel · first published 1979
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…hunting communities are more nomadic and might travel hundreds of miles over a year. This is what one would expect from a generalist species like ourselves. [0] [David Pimentel and Marcia H. Pimentel, ‘Food, Energy, and Society’, third edition, (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2008), p. 45-46.]
on “New ancient ape from Türkiye challenges the story of human origins” ↗…such as the cold northwestern Canadian region, each person needs about 14,000 ha to harvest about 912,500 kcal of food energy per year (Clark and Haswell, 1970).” [David Pimentel and Marcia H. Pimentel, ‘Food, Energy, and Society’, third edition, (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2008), p. 45-46.] Just based on that alone I'd say that even the place you linked to is still too crowded from the "monkey brain" perspective. In hunter-gatherer…
on “Emergence of stone-tool use behavior in a population of common macaques” ↗