An analysis of the footsteps of one of the women, dubbed TRex, shows she reached a height of 17'4.5" on a hard, polished stage. 
Posted on 10/19/2009 7:14:17 AM PDT by chessplayer
LONDON (Reuters) - Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions.
Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies in which they had to jump at least their own height to progress to manhood.
Any Neanderthal woman could have beaten former bodybuilder and current California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in an arm wrestle.
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How do we know the Australian aboriginals were not running away from something? The Anthro professor assumes they were chasing prey. Adrenaline can do some crazy shit to a human.
Neat link ping for later.
Stick a cigar in it’s mouth, and it looks like my buddy’s father!
You know my son?
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I hates liberals. If I were a neandertal, I’d be dead by now. No doubt in my mind.
You can fight or you can hump. if you look at the most recient wars Grunts shed the useless and kept what was needed.
BWAAAAA~ Good one!
We should put someone on a fenced in track with wild jackals and see how fast he can run.
And the American patent system introduced in the Constitution. It was the first system granting ownership, rights and protection to an individual inventor regardless of social standing or title.
Sooo. strong and brave is not the essential combination of attributes. But he did serve a purpose. It wasn’t just that he was “sent off” to get rid of him. He was expected to protect the tribe from being slaughtered and having its women carried off, and to go out and carry off women to bring back and freshen up the gene pool.
Son and I were in the grocery Sunday grinding up 5 bags of coffee. There was no one on the aisle when we started and between us and the buggy we were hogging the whole thing. With all of our cutting up it took several minutes to grind it all.
Just was we finished we noticed a meek, metrosexual looking guy behind us waiting impatiently to get by. We both apologized and moved out of the way as he ignored us and went by without saying a word. After he passed my son looked at me and said, “that’s the first time I’ve ever seen a man with no balls.”
Don’t forget, they did that day in and day out, the length of continents. They did it after first breaking...as in rendering unusable by an enemy...camp; and then, at the end of the march, building a new fortified, often palisaded, camp for the night.
Didn’t have MREs, either, though that may be considered a plus by some.
“For the past several years, I’ve adopted a regimen of walking 10 miles or more each day (20,000 steps on the pedometer). I get up at 5AM and walk four miles before breakfast. It takes me three hours a day of solid walking to get to the 10 mile minimum.”
Good for you. I found that 10,000 steps per day program on the internet. Taking into account my stride length, thats about 4.4 miles per/day. This past spring, I started the program, but tried to do too much too fast, and injured my left foot and ankle. (I`m 60 years old) When that healed, I made the same mistake again, that time hurting my right foot and ankle. Finally, I did things more gradually, and got up to 14, 500 steps per/day (about 6.3 miles) I would have liked to have gotten to 10 miles per/day, but the injuries set me way back. Now with the cold weather coming, I`m going to have to cut back and I won`t be able to walk nearly as much as i would like to.
An analysis of the footsteps of one of the women, dubbed TRex, shows she reached a height of 17'4.5" on a hard, polished stage.
That picture always gave me the creeps.
The Roman mile was 5000 Ped or 5000 feet. The mile was changed under Queen Elizabeth when petitioned to change it to 8 furlongs, a furlong being 660ft, or a English mile being 5280ft compared to the Roman mile of 5000 ped/feet.
The Roman cohorts were trained to march up to 20 miles and then set up camp for the evening.
Even their commanders knew it was wiser to set up camp and fight the next day than to fight from the march after exhaustion, although depending upon the situation, surprise wight have favored an attack after the march.
WRT the article, I find it hard to believe.
Just ask any older military serviceman if it is easier to run a 3 mile timed run in Keds from the 1960s and 70s or in Nikes or NewBalance running shoes and if their time improved with better running shoes.
Even 50 years ago, when a farmer or rancher enlisted and went to boot camp, compared with the modern weightlifting and aerobic routines fairly commonly used in secondary education, the modern day athlete far excels over his former predecessor.
Modern day athletic records aren’t made so frequently today just because of intent and hard work.
Yes
All the other items you mention are only tools to assist in the accomplishment of the mission.
Heh-heh!
We ran in our combat boots in the 70's.
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