Re: skinny runners

Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> 1 man outruns a horse,


You forget---a fat 45 year old man outran the horse.

http://tinyurl.com/7u5wo
"In fact, he walked and ran with better mechanics than we do today. The
mechanics of his femur, femur head, pelvis, and lower back are superior
to those of today. We have had to sacrifice some of that efficiency of
walking and running to give birth to children with larger brains."

Now the Turkana Boy would not have needed 50 miles to run the horse
down.



and the dry apers believe humans were wavanna
> hunters...


But all humans can hold their breath for 5 minutes and dive to 10
meters without any training, right?



sigh...


Yes.


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> "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1126019382.258203.296210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > Marc Verhaegen wrote:
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> > > > > > > The savanna believers' view is solely based on so-called
> > > "outrunning" of
> > > > > other animals on the savanna. I don't see why they should outrun
> > > anything
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> > http://tinyurl.com/dcxyw
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