Re: Relative Lung Capacity
loopy (lmm5@cornell.edu)
10 Dec 1994 22:39:44 GMT
In article <3cbhba$dku@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, patdooley@aol.com (Pat
Dooley) wrote:
> Try measuring the ratios of leg length to height and foot length to
> leg length. Then try to demonstrate that Australopithecus was on
> its way to become the great endurance savannah runner that we
> were allegedly descended from.
Please explain what you mean by this. You are implying that something about
the ratio of the leg:height and foot:leg is bad for endurance; but you
don't say how. What are you getting at?
In any case, to talk about our ancestor as a long distance RUNNER is
misleading; IMHO I think we should be talking about a long distance WALKER.
Lucie
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