How did primitive humans, with a top speed of 28 mph, hunt large mammals like deer, bears, wolves, etc, that can reach speeds of near 35 – 40 mph?
In: Biology
Most animals can outrun humans, but only for short distances. Humans run slower, much slower, but we can go forever. There is no marathon running in the animal Kingdom, but if there was humanity would be champ.
Ancient humans would track animals through the bush, the animal would run away, and the primitive humans would just lope after it. The animal would get scared run, and the humans would run after it again. We also had the brains to track it. Rinse and repeat after 6 hours and that fast gazelle is too tired to continue anymore. It’s now dinner.
Basically, it’s like zombie movies, but to animals we’re the relentless zombies.
Later on, as our brains developed, we did as humans do and use our brains to save on effort. Why chase an animal when you can set a trap? Later on still, clever humans discovered animal husbandry. Now we only use our long-distance skills to hunt 26.2 stickers for our Priuses.
Edit: when I say “we”, I refer to humanity. I am not *personally* optimized for running.
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