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it is not designed at all. we evolved doing a lot of both - but throughout history, people have walked a _lot_ more than people have ran.
by j3s 5y ago
it is not designed at all. we evolved doing a lot of both - but throughout history, people have walked a _lot_ more than people have ran.
- maerF0x0 5y agoperhaps parent commenter meant this? https://martinfowler.com/tags/evolutionary%20design.html https://martinfowler.com/tags/evolutionary%20design.html It's become pretty boring to see so many HN threads devolve into people nitpicking a single word in their post.
- anthonypasq 5y agowell despite that fact that nothing about humans was "designed", humans are quite literally the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom. Its one of the only physical things we are actually elite at. We are weak and slow but we can run forever. most early hunting was by running animals to exhaustion. The fact we are bipedal and have very efficient heat dispersion (sweating) all point to the fact that we were meant to run.
- SketchySeaBeast 5y ago> most early hunting was by running animals to exhaustion. Seems like a poor way to go about it to be honest. Sure you just ran that gazelle down over 20 miles, but now you're 20 miles from home and have to carry a gazelle back.
- anthonypasq 5y agobefore we developed tools, what would you suggest as a better way to catch a gazelle that can sprint at 50+ mph?