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> regularly having to outrun predators and/or chasing prey to survive "regularly" never happened. We are not cheetahs nor gazelles. Most popular ideas around "
by eeZah7Ux 7y ago
> regularly having to outrun predators and/or chasing prey to survive
"regularly" never happened. We are not cheetahs nor gazelles. Most popular ideas around "hunters gatherers" are false.
Australian aboriginals are a good example of how most of humans lived.
- newnewpdro 7y agoCitation needed. My understanding is a major evolutionary advantage humans enjoyed is the exceptional ability to pursue prey for sustained periods, effectively wearing them out, thanks to our excellent endurance and the sophistication necessary for pacing one self. If you weren't being smart about it, and sprinted like a scared deer, you'd exhaust yourself and fail. Well, perhaps that results in a mechanism of smarting up when we're over-exerting ourselves regularly.