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Published online 17 November 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041115-9
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Distance running 'shaped human evolution'
Our African ancestors may have been talented endurance athletes.
Long-distance running was crucial in creating our current upright body form, according to a new theory. Researchers have suggested that our early ancestors were good endurance runners, and that their habit has left its evolutionary mark on our bodies, from our leg joints right up to our heads.
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