Posted on 10/19/2009 9:57:39 PM PDT by Lorianne
As a scientist claims modern athletes are weaklings, evidence has been forward that our male ancestors were not only faster, stronger and fitter, even their womenfolk would have wiped the floor with today's emasculated men. That's the central claim of Manthropology, a new book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister.
In the book, subtitled The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male, McAllister presents evidence that pre-historic Australian Aborigines could easily have outsprinted even Usain Bolt, today's fastest man on Earth.
The basis of his findings? A set of 20,000-year-old preserved human footprints discovered in the Outback. They belonged to a party of six men, most probably chasing prey across a bed of soft mud. By carefully measuring the dimensions of the prints, scientists have calculated that the fastest of the group must have clocked a speed of 23mph. That is just a little less than the speed that Usain Bolt achieved in his 100m sprint in Berlin this August. McAllister reasons that if those ancient Aborigines were given the same advantages that Bolt had - with spiked shoes, a proper running track and intensive training regime - there's little doubt that they could have beaten today's record-holder.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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