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If you think about it from an evolutionary standpoint, humans likely have the ability to run to either escape from or to hunt prey. Long-distance running would
by EMM_386 6y ago
If you think about it from an evolutionary standpoint, humans likely have the ability to run to either escape from or to hunt prey. Long-distance running would not have held much use in day-to-day life.
So our bodies are efficient at running, but maybe not meant to be running all the time.
- nradov 6y agoThere is a hypothesis that humans evolved as distance runners for persistence hunting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_running_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_running_hypothesis
- bagacrap 6y agooft repeated, usually by runners, but it seems pretty dang inefficient. You're burning zillions of calories to get your food; how is that a good deal as compared to setting a trap or tossing a spear?
- nradov 6y agoIt's pretty tough to set an effective trap for catching herd animals on the African plains. Persistence hunts did frequently end by throwing spears. But spears are very short ranged. Hunters had to chase the animals and get really close in order to ensure a kill. And it doesn't take zillions of calories, just a few thousand.