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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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TonyCannon
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 3:40pm
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Dogs? You mean the creatures humans trained to hunt for them?
I've never, ever heard of a hunter running down a deer under any circumstances. Actually, no one else has, either. Google search results:
"hunting a deer with a knife" - 1 result
"killing a deer with a knife" - 6 results
"hunting a deer by hand" - 0 results
"killing a deer by hand" - 5 results
If it were relatively easy, wouldn't more people be doing it? |
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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badger man
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 4:10pm
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I've heard that the Kalahari bushmen hunt antelope on foot which we'd all agree are pretty fast. |
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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TonyCannon
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 5:26pm
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Slight jogging and/or walking for 5 hours isn't what I'd call "running something down". And evolutionarily speaking, when was the last time someone in Steve Prefontaine's family had to run down an antelope in such a manner? If this were due to an evolutionary need, I'd think we'd have lost most of the Gift long, long ago.
If anything, it's probably just a biological bi-product of our physiology; a coincidence. |
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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hroth
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 8:28pm
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Family history form my Osage ancestors says that was done before we had horses.
A number of old articles come up when I search 'can humans run down deer.' |
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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luna1580
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 8:45pm
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tony, the most recent humans to hunt in this way are the tarahumara, an indigenous group from northern mexico. google them, or just follow any of the links i've added throughout this thread......
it's not "easy", but there is some evidence supporting it. |
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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hroth
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 9:11pm
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Apache, too - pick anyone late to get horses, or lived in areas where horses weren't so useful, like mountains. |
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