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Is there any evidence for this other than a YouTube video from some guy claiming it’s true?
by avalys 9y ago
Is there any evidence for this other than a YouTube video from some guy claiming it’s true?
- hungerstrike 9y agoDid you watch the video? It showed some evidence in the form of a painting depicting the walking style in question.
- adrianN 9y agoTrue fact: Ancient egyptians also walked differently, there are paintings to prove it.
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- emmelaich 9y agoAs documented in that Bangles song.
- Turing_Machine 9y agoPaintings aren't really good evidence. Note that until Muybridge did his first time-lapse photographs, pretty much every single painting of a horse in motion was grossly inaccurate. Compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallie_Gardner_at_a_Gallop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallie_Gardner_at_a_Gallop to: http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/fox-hunting--full-cry-charles-bentley.jpg http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/fox-hun...
- specializeded 9y agoThe purpose of the shoot was to determine whether a galloping horse ever lifts all four feet completely off the ground during the gait; at this speed, the human eye cannot break down the action. That’s ridiculously interesting, but is it really comparable to a walking speed human? Sounds more like an issue with the human eye than older paintings in general
- marcosdumay 9y agoI do think horses move their legs on a higher frequency than humans when running. But I am still not convinced they are too fast for seeing.
- Angostura 9y agoHorses galloped differently in the middle ages.
- Retric 9y agoIf you look at the middle right image and compare it to the painting it's not all that wrong. Note: horse on right it jumping, not simply running. @ 20 seconds: https://youtu.be/oLvAxzVeyLs https://youtu.be/oLvAxzVeyLs
- hungerstrike 9y agoWell, I didn't say it was good evidence - but it's a start.
- chrismcb 9y agoAre you trying to compare a horse jumping to a horse galloping?
- DFHippie 9y agoIn the video he says something to the effect that he learned this from a lecture by a medievalist. It's not his own personal theory.
- matt-attack 9y agoDid you not see his outfit?
- rangibaby 9y agoI walked barefoot until I was about 10 (New Zealand lol). Toe-walking helped me avoid various hazards on the ground like prickles and stones.
- jgibson 9y agoI did the same as kid in NZ. No snakes or spiders to worry about, weather is mild, why not? Now I heel-toe as I'm a dancer, but running is another story
- gnat 9y agoWe moved back to NZ where I grew up, and our kids went to a 50-person primary school with not a pair of shoes in sight. You learn where the patches of prickles are and avoid those bits of the grass. (Data point: the prickles are in the same places at the beach and community hall as they were 40 years ago when I were a lad)
- girvo 9y agoI grew up in Coopers Beach, and did everything barefoot (including Rugby and school!)
- sotojuan 9y agoI mean, it's Mental Floss...
- coliveira 9y agoPersonally I think it is even absurd that someone needs to point this out in a video! As a kid in South America I used to walk 80% of the time barefoot or on sandals. It is clear that in such situation any faster movement needs to be done toe first. So, fighting, dancing, running, would be done toe first in such cultures. On the other hand, heel-first is more energy efficient, so you do that when walking slowly barefoot. It was modern shoes that allowed people to do everything heel-first.