"@wlsjoh013 I think you'll find we disagree less than you think. The key point is that nothing in the morphology or physiology suggests speed; it all suggests endurance,from shape of skeleton, to muscle-tendon attachments,to loss of hair, to sweating. We diverged from other animals & it was less about escaping predators than it was about hunting (& thus eating - remember, farming is a new activity). More on it here: "
I can't get the link to post. It's an abstract of a paper in the Nature journal that Ross is referring to. Title is "Endurance running and the evolution of Homo" by Dennis M. Bramble & Daniel E. Lieberman.
Ross' reply (he couldn't get it to post)...
"@wlsjoh013 I think you'll find we disagree less than you think. The key point is that nothing in the morphology or physiology suggests speed; it all suggests endurance,from shape of skeleton, to muscle-tendon attachments,to loss of hair, to sweating. We diverged from other animals & it was less about escaping predators than it was about hunting (& thus eating - remember, farming is a new activity). More on it here: "
FEATSA2010 3 months ago
I can't get the link to post. It's an abstract of a paper in the Nature journal that Ross is referring to. Title is "Endurance running and the evolution of Homo" by Dennis M. Bramble & Daniel E. Lieberman.
FEATSA2010 3 months ago
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wlsjoh013 3 months ago