Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of some old
style hunting behavior. Viewed (36) , the modern football
player can be (37) as a member of a disguised hunting pack.
His killing (38) has turned into a harmless football and his
(39) into the goal-posts. If his aim of the very hunting is
enough (40) and be scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter’s
(41) of killing his prey. To understand how
this (42) has taken place we must briefly look back at our
(43) ancestors. Once upon a time, they hunted everyday, and
finally became good at it. They spent over a million years evolving into
cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the
hunting-field. At that time, they knew nothing about growing plants.
(44) . They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers
and prey-killers. Cooperation made them skillful male-group attackers.
Things didn’t change for a very long time. (45) Their
improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, was put to a new
use—that of penning, controlling and domesticating their prey. They do not need
to risk their lives everyday. The hunting became suddenly obsolete.
(46) .