Archaic Humans date back to around 500,000 years ago-180,000 years ago and are thought to have had some language ability, so to get to the period you are asking about you have to go back further than that - 500,000 years+
These creatures would have been hunter/gatherers and foragers - they worked hard during the day and in the evenings the males and females enjoyed intimacy/closeness with one another partially as a respite from the hard lives they lived.
Hunter/gatherers lived in small bands (to allow for mobility) that were likely made up of more or less equal numbers of males and females since the 2 sexes compliment one another well in regards to survival. Probably everyone had availability to a mate.
To speculate on your question - I would say that mating and related things probably happened in a natural context and things just fell in place naturally. "Game" wasn't needed- they lived in a more natural way and things happened in a more natural way. "Game" is a modern advent of the society we presently live in and has it's roots in abundance of resources provided through artificial means.
Think I'll stop now
These creatures would have been hunter/gatherers and foragers - they worked hard during the day and in the evenings the males and females enjoyed intimacy/closeness with one another partially as a respite from the hard lives they lived.
Hunter/gatherers lived in small bands (to allow for mobility) that were likely made up of more or less equal numbers of males and females since the 2 sexes compliment one another well in regards to survival. Probably everyone had availability to a mate.
To speculate on your question - I would say that mating and related things probably happened in a natural context and things just fell in place naturally. "Game" wasn't needed- they lived in a more natural way and things happened in a more natural way. "Game" is a modern advent of the society we presently live in and has it's roots in abundance of resources provided through artificial means.
Think I'll stop now