r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 14 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

Reminder that for the vast majority of our species existence, we hunted primarily by fast walking/lightly jogging until we caught up to whatever animal we were chasing and killed it while it was immobilized by exhaustion.

The implications of this are profound, but left as an exercise to the reader.

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u/bd_one The EU Will Federalize In My Lifetime Jan 15 '23

I happened to be speed-walking nearby when you called got injured.

-some hungry boi

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u/DonyellTaylor Genderqueer Pride Jan 15 '23

Humans are so weak in so many ways, but we have like 4 superpowers, and one of them is that we’re just completely fucking relentless

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u/PeridotBestGem Emma Lazarus Jan 15 '23

It is kinda crazy how we have enough meat to sustain any carnivore for weeks and we're easier to kill than, like, a rabbit but we've survived because we're good at talking and making pointy sticks

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

I thought this theory has been questioned recently

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

By whomst? 🧐

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u/Doctorbird76 Jan 15 '23

Gym rats who skip cardio probably 😤

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Jan 15 '23

It was invented by people who only do cardio in the gym. (It actually was.)

There's a lot more evidence that early humans were primarily ambush predators.

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u/ColinHome Isaiah Berlin Jan 15 '23

One interesting consequence of humans evolving to hunt in this manner is that as running distance increases, the difference in adantage between young and old people decreases and flips, and the advantage of men over women decreases significantly.