Endurance running and the evolution of Homo. Bramble, D. M & Lieberman, D. E Nature, 432(7015):345-52, 2004. doi abstract bibtex Striding bipedalism is a key derived behaviour of hominids that possibly originated soon after the divergence of the chimpanzee and human lineages. Although bipedal gaits include walking and running, running is generally considered to have played no major role in human evolution because humans, like apes, are poor sprinters compared to most quadrupeds. Here we assess how well humans perform at sustained long-distance running, and review the physiological and anatomical bases of endurance running capabilities in humans and other mammals. Judged by several criteria, humans perform remarkably well at endurance running, thanks to a diverse array of features, many of which leave traces in the skeleton. The fossil evidence of these features suggests that endurance running is a derived capability of the genus Homo, originating about 2 million years ago, and may have been instrumental in the evolution of the human body form.
@Article{Bramble2004,
author = {Dennis M Bramble and Daniel E Lieberman},
journal = {Nature},
title = {Endurance running and the evolution of {H}omo.},
year = {2004},
number = {7015},
pages = {345-52},
volume = {432},
abstract = {Striding bipedalism is a key derived behaviour of hominids that possibly
originated soon after the divergence of the chimpanzee and human
lineages. Although bipedal gaits include walking and running, running
is generally considered to have played no major role in human evolution
because humans, like apes, are poor sprinters compared to most quadrupeds.
Here we assess how well humans perform at sustained long-distance
running, and review the physiological and anatomical bases of endurance
running capabilities in humans and other mammals. Judged by several
criteria, humans perform remarkably well at endurance running, thanks
to a diverse array of features, many of which leave traces in the
skeleton. The fossil evidence of these features suggests that endurance
running is a derived capability of the genus Homo, originating about
2 million years ago, and may have been instrumental in the evolution
of the human body form.},
doi = {10.1038/nature03052},
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