[blam]

Early Humans Walked Perculiarly

[VR-21]

This ancient human certainly struggles to run. Interesting article.

[wastedyears]

I still don’t understand how we could have evolved.

[SunkenCiv]

A University of Manchester study - presented to the British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival of Science in York- proposes that if early humans lacked an Achilles tendon, as modern chimps and gorillas do, then their ability to run would have been severely compromised... "How we evolved from our common ancestor with chimpanzees six million years ago is a fundamental question," said Dr Bill Sellers.

No, the interpretation of fossil forms in the study as being ancestral is a fundamental question. The question of whether we 23 chromosome pair humans have an ancestor in common with 24 chromosome pair chimps, gorillas, gibbons, and orangutans is a fundamental question.

[Steve0113]

Ancient Humans Walked But 'Struggled To Run'

Big deal. So do I.

[Joe 6-pack]

I'd imagine running was always somewhat of a precarious endeavor until the invention of the jock strap...

[OKIEDOC]

I presume this article is about Liberal Pathetic Muckdiving Gutless Democrats?

[SunkenCiv]

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[Red Badger]

It ain't that hard................

[Maceman]

Once again the "Aquatic Ape" theory proves to be the simplest, most consistent with observed facts and the most eloquent explanation for many of the most puzzling questions about human development.

[Thrownatbirth]

I only subscribe to this theory of evolution.

[shuckmaster]

"Efficient running would have been essential to allow our ancestors to move from a largely herbivorous diet to the much more familiar hunting activities associated with later humans.

I would think that the controlled use of fire would have been the essential key to allow our ancestors to move from a largely herbivorous diet to the much more familiar hunting activities. Long distance running was probably a latter development associated with adapting to life on long narrow outer banks islands with only limbless palm trees to climb and wide channels to swim across.

Take a google map look at the east coast of Africa between South Africa and Ethiopia (where all earliest evidence of modern humans is found). Think of a lifestyle based on daily running to the end of a 20+ mile long beach and herding the flightless birds back to the waiting campers. Add to the mix ocean side diving for lobster & seaweed, bayside wading for shellfish & flounder gigging, climbing limbless palm trees for coconuts (and safety from predators), and then swimming to the next island when the protein supply gets sparse. The long term result is quite an evolutionary leap from bipedal apemen scavenging the savanna.

[LiteKeeper]

YEC INTREP - The first man, Adam, was created perfectly. I find it hard to believe he couldn’t run when he wanted to.

[woollyone]

no relative of mine was a f’n chimpanzee.
speak for yourselves!

...though there might be just HINT of sheep from some time waaaaayy back there.

naaa...prolly not

[SunkenCiv]

Origin Of Bipedalism Closely Tied To Environmental Changes
Space Daily | 05-01-2002 | staff writer at Space Daily
Posted on 05/29/2002 5:11:46 PM EDT by Salman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/691468/posts