The Contribution of Running in Human Evolution

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I. Modern world, that when one is hungry, they can just easily walk to the food store or drive to the nearest Wendy’s? Now imagine waking up everyday having to hunt for your food?

II. The Tarahumara Indian tribe, in the Mexican Copper Canyon, is known to hunt in distances superseding a marathon distance in order to capture and provide food for their families. (Mcdougall,2009)

III. Audience Interest: Before the invention of hunting bows about 200,000 years ago, early humans hunt with stone tipped spears, although they will not go against toe to toe against a carnivore, so they use a technique called persistent hunting. They will follow, run down and trap a animal for many miles, forcing it into hyperthermia and only then they will use a spear to kill it. (Lieberman and Bramble,2007)

IV. Credibility/Topic Importance: An animal will have a hard time galloping after a short distance due to the inability to cool their core body temperature fast enough to avoid hyperthermia. (Lieberman and Bramble,2007)

V. Thesis: Survivability is favorable to those who are able to adapt to their environment, humans have used their ability to maneuver and survive better than there any other mammals.

VI. Preview of main points:

A. First, I will explain the origins human hunting and foraging techniques

B. Second, I will explain how human are able to surpass the limit and physiological toll on the body during a long distance run.

C. Third, I will be describing the benefits of running and the proper techniques.

Transition: Imagine being hungry but you don’t have any food in your fridge the only option is to look for food with a spear in hand you see a deer in the distant.

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I. The ability for humans to run and hunt is amazing feat of huma...

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...y Article/Leiberman.

Lieberman, Daniel E., and Dennis M. Bramble. 2007. The evolution of marathon running capabilities in humans. Sports Medicine 37(4-5): 288- 290

Christopher McDougall. (2009). Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. Published Book

Louis Liebenberg (2006) Persistence Hunting by Modern Hunter-

Gatherers, Current Anthropology Volume 47, Number 6

Dr. Nicholas Romanov. Pose Method of Running. 2001. Published Book. p56-58

Newtons’s 2nd Law, Law of Motion

Su Byron.Sarasota Magazine. 2007.Vol. 29 Issue 6. p183

Daniel E. Lieberman, Madhusudhan Venkadesan, William A. Werbel, Adam I. Daoud1, Susan Andréa, Irene S. Davis5, Robert Ojiambo Mang’Eni, Yannis Pitsiladis6. Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habituallybarefoot versus shod runners.2010. Nature Journal. Vol 463 . p531-534

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