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Was anybody else annoyed by bodybuilder type 6 pack in the illustration. While ancient man would have been realtively lean I doubt a 6 pack is an accurate repre

Was anybody else annoyed by bodybuilder type 6 pack in the illustration. While ancient man would have been realtively lean I doubt a 6 pack is an accurate representation. A quick Google of modern hunter gatherer societies shows lean people but no 6 packs. Maybe I'm wrong or being too picky?

tasogare 5y ago
Yes it's weird to be triggered by the physical fitness of an illustration. Maybe time to hit the gym?
zepolen 5y ago
A 6 pack would be normal, it's dictated by body fat and even the weakest people would have visible, albeit tiny, 6 packs showing. The inaccurate representation in the photo is the fact that you'd need a shitload of calories to be able to put on that much mass, while working out pushing serious weight a few times a week. So yeah, completely inaccurate unless this guy was benching deer before eating them solo. But annoyed? No. That's sounds like insecurity. Time to hit the gym bro.
AbrahamParangi 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians#/media/File:Bathurst_Island_men.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians#/media/... Here is an image of a few Aboriginal Australian men, who could plausibly be the closest human relatives to this fossil (assuming closely related to Denisovan). The artist impression is somewhat exaggerated, maybe inspired by chimp musculature? But still not too out there.
inglor_cz 5y ago
Modern humans as hunter gatherers may or may not have six packs (depends mostly on body fat percentage, which would be smaller in bad times), but they are very much not-bodybuilders. The # of protein to build and maintain a bodybuilder-like level of muscle is only available to people from sedentary civilizations, and only to some of them. The Neanderthals were probably more robust than we are, but it might also have spelt their doom: H. sapiens sapiens could operate more efficiently within the same natural constraints. BTW Do not be that much annoyed, a high BMI is a source of its own problems even if that person is lean and not fat. For example, our knees and hips are not designed to carry too much weight. I wouldn't like to cross BMI of 25 or 26 ever.

tasogare 5y ago

Yes it's weird to be triggered by the physical fitness of an illustration. Maybe time to hit the gym?

zepolen 5y ago

A 6 pack would be normal, it's dictated by body fat and even the weakest people would have visible, albeit tiny, 6 packs showing. The inaccurate representation in the photo is the fact that you'd need a shitload of calories to be able to put on that much mass, while working out pushing serious weight a few times a week. So yeah, completely inaccurate unless this guy was benching deer before eating them solo. But annoyed? No. That's sounds like insecurity. Time to hit the gym bro.

AbrahamParangi 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians#/media/File:Bathurst_Island_men.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians#/media/... Here is an image of a few Aboriginal Australian men, who could plausibly be the closest human relatives to this fossil (assuming closely related to Denisovan). The artist impression is somewhat exaggerated, maybe inspired by chimp musculature? But still not too out there.

inglor_cz 5y ago

Modern humans as hunter gatherers may or may not have six packs (depends mostly on body fat percentage, which would be smaller in bad times), but they are very much not-bodybuilders. The # of protein to build and maintain a bodybuilder-like level of muscle is only available to people from sedentary civilizations, and only to some of them. The Neanderthals were probably more robust than we are, but it might also have spelt their doom: H. sapiens sapiens could operate more efficiently within the same natural constraints. BTW Do not be that much annoyed, a high BMI is a source of its own problems even if that person is lean and not fat. For example, our knees and hips are not designed to carry too much weight. I wouldn't like to cross BMI of 25 or 26 ever.