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Rip megafauna lol (mander.xyz)

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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting Here is a starting point. :)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-distance-running-may-have-evolved-to-help-humans-chase-prey-to-exhaustion-180984354/

https://www.science.org/content/article/born-run-early-endurance-running--may-have-evolved-help-humans-chase-down-prey

Note, it's a theory, so there are some arguments against it. :) Things are rarely black and white.

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Here is an article that shows some contra points to the theorie, in case you want to have a look at that too.

The evidence for it is rather shallow, realy.

It's pretty clear that persistent hunting is one of those myths concocted by someone to justify a world view that humans are "more special" than animals and has no more scientific basis than the "science" coming out of the Disney movies in the 1950s about nature.