May 15, 2009
In this episode I present for you the major findings of Professor Daniel Lieberman of the Biological Anthropology department at Harvard University and Professor Dennis Bramble from the University of Utah in their 2004 paper published in the journal Nature titled “Endurance running and the evolution of Homo”. In this paper, they make the powerful case that “The fossil evidence suggests that endurance running is a derived capability of the genus Homo, originating about 2 million years ago, and may have been instrumental in the evolution of the human body form.”
We are by our very nature: endurance runners, meant to run for long distances. The evidence is overwhelming and conclusive: you and I were born to run.
Show Links:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-11/uou-hrm111204.php
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~skeleton/pdfs/2004e.pdf
http://www.smh.com.au/national/dead-babys-parents-ignored-advice-qc-20090504-asmt.html?page=1
http://whatstheharm.net/homeopathy.html
http://ihatetheapft.com/
http://www.runningbebe.com
http://www.teampointtwo.com
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