Homo Erectus sprint & long-distance running performance
- From: Olaf Klischat <olaf.klischat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:55:05 +0100
One of the characters in the book "Evolution" by Stephen Baxter is a
(female) Homo Erectus (1.5 MY ago) who can run 100 meters in 6 or 7
seconds and a mile in 3 minutes. It is stated that anatomically she
falls within the variation found in modern human populations (albeit
just barely); she's further described as: height > 150 cm, weight 45
kg, slender build, hard muscles, long limbs.
Is this consistent with current scientific research? I mean, the
physical description appears reasonable, but the athletic capabilities
sound just... impressive :-P
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