"We are very confident that strong selection for running – which came at the expense of the historical ability to live in trees – was instrumental in the origin of the modern human body form," says Bramble, a professor of biology. "Running has substantially shaped human evolution. Running made us human – at least in an anatomical sense. We think running is one of the most transforming events in human history. We are arguing the emergence of humans is tied to the evolution of running."
Well if this is true then I personally must be devolving, because I am a lousy runner. I would much rather stay and fight then to run away. However there was one instance when I did run like a damn gazelle.
I live in Alaska. Alaska has a large omnivore in residence called a Grizzly bear. I once was berry picking and had the misfortune of running into one of these beasts. He was un-fucking-believably huge!
The accepted wisdom on grizzly bear encounters is that you should lie down and play dead. Fuck that! I ran! I figured that if he wanted to eat me he was going to have to work for it. Why would I lie down and offer him a buffet?
It was all down hill and I got away easily. Mainly because I don't think he chased me. Apparently he was full of berries and did not think I looked terribly appetizing. That just hurts. I probably taste delicious. Oh well his loss.
But other then that time I just don't like to run.
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Don't feed the trolls!
It just goes directly to their thighs.