All downhill from there

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• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨43⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Fun fact: the guy who first proposed this “running man” hypothesis about persistence hunting in the late 1960s (Grover Krantz) was better known as a staunch advocate for the existence of Bigfoot. Personally, I can’t believe that anybody could still believe in Bigfoot - it’s so obviously just a Yeti in a gorilla suit.

  For some weird reason, Krantz’s skeleton and that of his favorite dog are on display at the Smithsonian.

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• curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I was playing tag with my kid yesterday. He’s 3, almost 4. He’s very fast for his age, but not as fast as me. He asked to play tag because he just learned it in school. I could dodge to the side as he was getting close and change direction. I could fake him out. I could sprint to the other side of our 1 acre meadow to creat space. But he just kept coming. Smiling and laughing the whole time. I’m starting to get winded. Hands on my knees for a second after a sprint, but only for a second as he’s closed the gap already. His undeterred motivation and pace was scary. He was going to get me eventually, and he seemed to know it.

  I now know how the victims of Chucky must have felt.

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• WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Imagine being hunted and killed by a team of power walkers.

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The predators: 1000095488

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    • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You know, this is actually the type of fear that the zombie horror genre really reverses back on us. Classic zombies are not fast. They’re not smart. They can’t run, climb, or plan elaborate traps. They no sharp claws or terrifyingly large teeth. You can outrun them at a brisk walk.

      But what makes them so dangerous is that they’re relentless. If they get your scent, they’ll follow you and keep following you. Blow their legs off and they’ll crawl towards you. Remove all their limbs and they’ll slither like a snake towards you. Only destroying their brain can stop them.

      If you’re on foot, it is virtually impossible to escape them, as they’ll just keep on coming. And while you need to sleep, they don’t. They can just keep right on shuffling towards you 24/7. If on foot being chased by a zombie, your best bet is probably to find a river you can swim across that will sweep them away. Oh, and of course, they are rarely alone.

      Zombies are predators that turn our species’s natural hunting strategy back upon us.

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  • khannie@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pursuit predation has to be one of the most metal characteristics about humans.

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  • saimen@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ourworldindata.org/quaternary-megafauna-extinctio…

    ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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    • LilB0kChoy@midwest.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re missing a .

      There have been many extinction events in Earth’s history. There have been five big mass extinction events and several smaller ones.

      There have now been many studies focused on the question of whether humans were a key driver of the QME. Many suggest that the answer is yes. Climatic changes might have driven an initial decline in large mammal populations — small population crashes — but human pressures are likely to have thwarted their recovery. Large mammals survived previous periods of climatic change, but the arrival of humans put pressure on already-depleted populations.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What I never got about this theory is, fine, you run after the Ptadgedrwgydon for 87kms, when it gives up due to exhaustion and you kill it with a stone. What now? You’re 87kms away with a carcass that weighs 500kg, how do you get back the food to the tribe?

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    • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is how we learned to be nomads. Kill big thing, bring camp to big thing, hang out until big thing is all eaten.

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    • SomeKindaName@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The tribe can walk.

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    • paperazzi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is how Komodo Dragons hunt, too.

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  • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also our accuracy and reach when throwing stuff.

    Especially when combined with our ability to make stuff sharp by banging it against other stuff and breaking it just the right way.

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    • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And THEN add to that that once you got hit with the spear and are running slower, a wolf just appears and starts hunting you too.

      Imagine being hunted by 2 different apex predators working together

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    • ragingHungryPanda@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Atlanta!!! Here’s a random video i haven’t watched about it. The Atlanta doubles your spear throwing range youtu.be/YT_s1CEAhkA

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  • Geodad@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That would be a terrifying way to die.

    Wasn’t that the premise of the Slenderman video game?

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• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We are the snail

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• Lucky_777@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Humans’ ability to sweat is something outstanding.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That what I keep saying, but people still seem thoroughly unimpressed by my ability to sweat profusely the moment I get a little hot!

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    • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Interviewer: What would you say is your biggest strength?

      Me:

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    • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sweating is such a powerful ability for humans when compared to the animal kingdom. I mean, not only does my sweat keep me cool, I can clear out an entire room with it if it’s a little too hot!

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s just that we’re so powerful, we need the extra cooling!

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  • khannie@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The other advantage we have while running is that we’re not constantly slamming our intestines into our other vital organs and lungs because we’re upright.

    Humans can out-distance a horse. A fucking HORSE. Incredible animal the oul’ human.

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    • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Humans can out-distance a horse

      Speak for yourself, I cannot out distance a hamster lately.

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    • IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Is that really a limiting factor for animals not upright? They have to stop going because their intestines slam into other vital organs, and they need a break, lest they get damaged?

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  • negativenull@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  isnt this a diprotodon, which is the largest marsupial in australia, in the vombatiforms.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For some reason I read that as vomitiform (I bet I know how they fought)

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    • Welt@lazysoci.al ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It just means wombat-shaped, the w was changed to v in a half-arsed effort to Latinise it (despite -form coming from Greek anyway).

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• rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That thing does look pretty tasty.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    its a diprodont, which related to a womat, it is the largest marsupial to ever live, like 5000lbs.

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    • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      5k lbs? Probably not all that tasty but it’s going to feed all of us for a major feast weekend!

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