Endurance Running – One of Man’s Earliest Hunting Techniques

Science has an interesting article about an often-overlooked hunting weapon used by humans for millennia: our legs.

“For decades, some anthropologists have argued that endurance running was among the first hunting techniques employed by early hominins in Africa. Advocates suggest subsequent millennia spent chasing down prey shaped many unique human features, including our springy arched feet, slow-twitch muscle fibers optimized for efficiency, heat-shedding bare skin, and prodigious ability to sweat. The “born to run” idea has become something of an origin story among many endurance athletes.”