How fast could a caveman run?

Note that “caveman” is not a scientific term. Some of our early ancestors lived in caves at various times if there were any about; but much of our evolutionary history, over millions of years, was on the plains of Africa with few caves around. Cav... read more

Modern Olympic marathoners could take full advantage of their running to beat early human ancestors such as Australopithecus in a long-distance race. Even contemporary people who still rely on persistence hunting without long-range weapons can run with equal ease, such as the Tarahumara of northern Mexico. read more

My suspicion is that the average early human or ‘caveman’ would be faster at running and have much more endurance than the average modern day human. My reason is that being fit, and fast, and strong and having endurance was a matter of life and death for early humans. read more

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