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mmarollo t1_irb1118 wrote

No other animal can do this (run almost indefinitely). Our distant ancestors simply ran faster animals into the ground, literally. Keep going until that gazelle got so tired it collapsed.

On a hot day a human can even outrun a horse in a marathon.

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colcali_77 t1_ircnygf wrote

The exception is cold climates. Get a sled dog in the cold and they can run that fast while pulling weight. They can even run hundred or more miles at a slightly lower pace. In normal weather this is not possible for most animals because they can’t cool off though.

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ptahonas t1_ircpwjp wrote

>Our distant ancestors simply ran faster animals into the ground, literally. Keep going until that gazelle got so tired it collapsed.

Yeah this isn't actually true.

Exhaustion hunting is something humans can do, but it's not historical to say it's what our ancestors did. It's what some people in some places did.

Contrasted to like, throwing spears at things until they die, or laying traps, or using throwing clubs.

>On a hot day a human can even outrun a horse in a marathon

This is also pretty rare.

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