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Hunting was a necessary activity of early humans. Through the Paleolithic period it was their chief means of obtaining food and clothing. In the Neolithic period, when agriculture developed, killing game was still important. Hunting was popular among the ancients and became a sport in medieval Europe, where it was reserved, as far as possible, for the privileged classes by game laws . Falconry and foxhunting became increasingly popular in England in the Middle Ages, and the use of hunting dogsÑhounds, setters, pointers, spaniels, and the likeÑbecame widespread in this period.

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