• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    We didn’t even need to throw a rock. There’s evidence that early man was a persistence hunter.

    All other animals sprint. But man is the only animal that could jog them to death by jogging and never stopping until the animal collapses from exhaustion.

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      In addition to the ability to jog, run and walk during the hottest part of the day … early humans could avoid most predators who were less capable of being active in the heat. The benefits of being a hairless sweaty upright ape.