Humans were "born to run"

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Article gleaned from Reuters via the NYTimes online:


Humans Were Born to Run, Scientists Say
By REUTERS

Published: November 17, 2004


LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Humans were born to run and evolved from ape-like creatures into the way they look today probably because of the need to cover long distances and compete for food, scientists said on Wednesday.

From tendons and ligaments in the legs and feet that act like springs and skull features that help prevent overheating...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... running_dc

[Jon]

Re: Humans were

>Australopithecus




Didn't she win the heptathlon silver in Athens?








Sorry.

[tafnut]

Re: Humans were

>>Big buttocks are also important.

So the ideal song for T&F is:

"Baby Got Back"

[bhall]

Re: Humans were

I edited the original post to cut much of the copyrighted material and added the link. Please try to just post a snippet of the article and a link in the future.

Thanks,

Ben

[EPelle]

Re: Humans were

>>>Big buttocks are also important.

So the ideal song for T&F is:

"Baby
>Got Back"


According to a speech Brooks Johnson held with our track team back in 1994, that "baby got back and runs fast, too" is right on the money.

[guru]

Re: Humans were

Won't be long now and Brutal will be weighing in.

[Jon]

Re: Humans were

>Won't be long now and Brutal will be weighing in.



Don't be silly. He only posts in the historical section.

[eldrick]

Re: Humans were

>Won't be long now and Brutal will be weighing in<

naah

only if it involves in the same story:

"sensation"

"100y"

"17y old"

"arkansas"

"9.2"

"cotton-pickin"

"1937"

[Cerutty Boy]

Re: Humans were

Cerutty was right! Cerutty was right!

[KEL]

Re: Humans were

The original article is in the 18 November 2004 issue of Nature, authored by Dennis Bramble and Daniel Lieberman.

[runninfool]

Re: Humans were

One newspaper article said that the researchers speculate that humans (pre-humans?) might have been faster then than now -- because of the need for speed, which lessened as hunters relied more on weapons to bring down prey --

[26mi235]

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But they did not have the techology to measure the 100m times to the hundreth, neither did they have the ability to measure a 100 meters accurately...

[Helen S]

Re: Humans were

I recently read the book "Why we Run" by Berndt Heinrich, which goes into much depth on this subject, as well as his preparation and running of the US 100k championships in Chicago. I felt it was one of the better running books I had read.

[gh]

Re: Humans were

Some scientists say the theory is bunk

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 9TG5U1.DTL

[TNT]

Re: Humans were

Of course, macro evolution may be bunk, giving rise to the question as to why we were designed to be able run like we do. Is running merely the act of exercising good stewardship over the gifts that were given us? Therefore, If we were created in our creator's image, what does that say about our creator, and our love of track and field?