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There were 20000-year old footprints discovered in Australia [1], the estimated speed of these barefoot runners was comparable to olympic sprinters. [1] https:
by cesnja 3y ago
There were 20000-year old footprints discovered in Australia [1], the estimated speed of these barefoot runners was comparable to olympic sprinters.
[1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/20-000-year-old-human-footprints-found-in-australia https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/20-000-ye...
- yread 3y agoIt could be that those people were just better at running than us. Tech that makes shoes and track more springy makes things measurably faster
- mkl 3y agoSubsequent work has revised that estimate downwards quite a bit: https://www.originalwisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2019/03/Ruiz-and-Torices_2013_Humans-running-at-stadiums-and-beaches-and-the-accuracy-of-speed-estimation-from-fossil-trackways.pdf https://www.originalwisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-ma...