Man Against Horse
Radiolab
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The Evolution of Hunting and Collecting
hunting gives us access to incredible numbers of calories, energy. It's not just meat, it's also a liver and brain and marrow. These are very rich, important and rare resources that enabled our ancestors to overcome the constraints so many animals face. And i think it's after the evolution of hunting begins that we really see big increases in brain size in human evolution. So brains basically doubled after we started. To hunt, you can't really hunt without running. Running helped us become hunters. And hunting and gathering helped us become the smart, intelligent, co operative creatures that we are to day.
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