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I think because I run?

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A new study assembles evidence that humans evolved and human anatomy looks the way it does because our ancestors were more likely to survive if they could run. Humans evolved from ape-like ancestors because they needed to run long distances -- perhaps to hunt animals or scavenge carcasses on Africa's vast savannah -- and the ability to run shaped our anatomy, making us look like we do today.

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  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
    I knew that my sympathy for running was because of my genes :-)

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
    I remember reading an article along these lines in Analog ages ago...they made the point that a lot of our physical peculiarities such as sweating and relative hairlessness suit animals that not only run but run for extended periods of time (unlike cheetahs), and that for whatever reason they evolved they would have been crucial when our ancestors moved to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
    I'll insert the obligatory comment detailing how we will evolve in another 10,000 years - sqaure eyes, padded backsides and incredibly strong index fingers...

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
    Oh sure....It all makes perfect sense now

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
    Does that mean we will turn back to apes because we are driving now :-) .. Just kidding

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2004
    You're not far off, Andree. We're already beginning to hunch over our keyboards :)

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    November 23, 2004
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    November 23, 2004
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