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| RichTravsky... |
 Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:39 am |
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http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~skeleton/pdfs/2007c.pdf
Humans have exceptional capabilities to run long distances in hot, arid
conditions. These abilities, unique among primates and rare among mammals,
derive from a suite of specialised features that permit running humans to store and
release energy effectively in the lower limb, help keep the body’s center of mass
stable and overcome the thermoregulatory challenges of long distance running.
Human endurance running performance capabilities compare favourably with
those of other mammals and probably emerged sometime around 2 million years
ago in order to help meat-eating hominids compete with other carnivores. |
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