Pre-Historic Runners and the 'Fall' of the Neanderthals

3/30/2013

Did you know that our homo sapien ancestors were altogether skinnier, weaker and dumber than our fellow hominid relatives, the Neanderthals? Some theorize that it was running that saved us from extinction. Huh?

Podcaster: Esther

Further Reading

McDougall, Christopher. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. New York: Knopf, 2009.

Sears, Edward S. Running Through the Ages. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.

Zimmer, Carl. "Faster than a Hyena? Running May Make Humans Special." Science 306: 5700 (Nov., 19, 2004): p. 1283.

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Jessica Lombardozzi

8/29/2013 05:16:16 pm

Thank you for this. All the visuals really helped me stay focused and Interested in the podcast. It's amazing to think about how we started off with four legs and then evolved because of our needs to survive.

Esther

8/31/2013 07:30:09 am

Hey Jessica,

Thanks for your comments. I strive to think of interesting visuals always (minus my reference to furries), so I'm glad they worked!

Pre-Historic Runners and the 'Fall' of the Neanderthals

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