From Howard Bobry, Port Townsend, Washington, US
The idea that humans evolved endurance and stamina to chase prey might have it backwards. Prior to the development of sharp tools, we were ill-equipped to consume prey animals, lacking, as we were, the teeth and claws of a carnivore. Our early ancestors were gatherers, not hunters. It was us who were the prey, and our survival depended upon our ability to outrun not the predator, but our fellow humans (18 May, p 11).
If you and I, out gathering, were approached by a lion, I wouldn’t need to outrun the lion to survive, only you. Survival of the fittest at its most basic level!
