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We didn't even need to throw a rock. There's evidence that early man was a persistence hunter.
All other animals sprint. But man is the only animal that could jog them to death by jogging and never stopping until the animal collapses from exhaustion.
In addition to the ability to jog, run and walk during the hottest part of the day ... early humans could avoid most predators who were less capable of being active in the heat. The benefits of being a hairless sweaty upright ape.
Op skin (that does need some high tech maintenance in form of clothes, and other winter logistics/planning).
Still have to kill it somehow, killing a tired animal vs killing it with exhaustion can double the time (& resources) needed.
Besides, prehistoric folk in Africa (& Europe) built stone megastructures ("V"/funnel shaped) to trap animals they herded in there.
However I imagine that prior to organised hunts like that just exhausting smaller animals was a viable option too.