Taller people have longer legs and can run from danger quicker, and chase target animals faster on the hunt.
I’m not sure why women begin to stand upright; men did it so they would have better aim at the little white cakes in urinals.
Tall guys who can stand up have a better chance of seeing the chicks in the weeds.
It isn't clear to me that any sort of an ape or hominid would be capable of it.
This is one of the most ridiculous theories I’ve ever read! I would like to begin by making a modification to the question. If you accept that man was created by God, the question is not so much why did man stand upright but what was the advantage of walking upright? The best explanation I’ve read has to do with running. Yes, human are slower than many animals, but they excel in endurance. Running on 2 legs allows humans to run longer, because they can inhale with every stride, instead of every other stride like faster animals do. Doubling the number of times man inhales increases the oxygen uptake, and it is oxygen that allows for cellular respiration and the release of energy needed for running. See, for example, how central african natives used to hunt. They did not have the weapons to approach and kill a gazelle, but they could run it down, until the gazelle collapsed of exhaustion and the native was able to kill it with his knife. Humans walk on two legs because, in the unforgettable words of C. McDougal, they are born to run!
Uh, did anyone consider the matter of who has the longer REACH?
No, because they stand up straight they can punch better. Who cares? How much are we paying an academic to write about this?
What happened to the reliable kick in the balls?
It’s well known that early humans stood upright to drink punch better.
Spills made om those animal skins were hard to remove so humans stood up and invented bars to lean on.
He should've experimented with George Foreman's uppercut.
This is one of the stupidest theory I have ever heard.
Great analysis in the article. Except for the fact that 95% of all fights end up with two guys rolling around on the ground. I doubt that has changed much. Being tall isn’t much of an advantage on the ground. Being strong is.
Did Early Humans Stand Upright to Punch Better?No.
“If this were true...”
Res ipsa loquitor.
Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy and Davy Jones ended this in the 1970s.
I did quite a bit of scientific research on this very topic back in the day.
All my data proved it was virtually impossible for me to punch an opponent from a position of all fours on a barroom floor.
Not only was I at a disadvantage, the opponent looming above also had the ability to kick the living shoot out of me.
The cumulative data received is why I’m have some scrambled brain neurons today.
Makes more sense to me that humans stand so they can carry things in their arms...and modifications to allow that made other things beneficial as well, like long-distance running, and throwing.
