I’m talking about before we figured out we could grow vegetables and fruits. Early humans are often shown as being fit and in shape, yet our diet pretty much only consisted of meat. We were hunters. So why the hell were they so fit? I thought a healthy diet mattered more than just being active constantly?

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    Humans can do that, but I would guess they more often tried trapping, fishing, and stealthy hunting? Running after an animal over long distances isn’t ideal. It’s a great way to get hurt, animals are very fast and you can lose the trail or they go where you can’t follow, and not to mention exhausting.

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      Humans are believed to have risen the food chain due to our ability to sweat and endurance chase our prey the way other predators couldn’t. This concept is known as “persistence hunting” and basically involved chasing our prey at a slow but consistent rate until they exhausted themselves and we could catch them

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        Yes for sure, I’m aware of our unique advantage to hunt that way, it is cool. I just think during human history and development, whenever possible, hunters also employed their ingenuity to hunt smarter. Even animals try to reduce their risks of injury and avoid burning calories. They’ll stop a pursuit if it seems too hard or risky.

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      Humans became the top predators due to “persistence hunting” which literally involved running slower than the prey but for longer distances until the prey was exhausted.