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Humans born to be endurance runners?

11.19.04 (2:29 am) [edit]

LONDON - "It's our ability to run, not walk, that
sets humans apart as the world's dominant
species, researchers say.

According to an anatomical analysis by two U.S.
scientists, we're built to run."

If we're 'built to run', why do I come across
so many who have run themselves into a semi-crippled
state by jogging over the years?

Obviously the human knee joint is not built to take
repeated pounding.

More shit science.

The whole short story.

posted by: emdotvee (reply)
post date: 11.19.04 (6:22 pm)

Those with knee injuries may have done most of their running on hard surfaces.

We don't have sharp claws with powerful limbs to bring down prey with a few blows. Neither can we outsprint many game animals.

Human hunting has always benn about running our prey to ground after wounding it. This required tremendous running endurance. Those who could not run did not get a share of the food and had a lower chance of reproduction.

Over millions of years many copies of genes for endurance and strong knees were copied from one generation to the next. So we are evolved for running or we would not be here.

posted by: jomama (reply)
post date: 11.20.04 (1:18 am)

A bullet between the eyes eliminates
my need to chase down my prey
after wounding it.

>Over millions of years many copies of genes for endurance and strong knees were copied from one generation to the next. So we are evolved for running or we would not be here.

Correlation is not causation.