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Why Humans are the Only Distance Runners

10 min

Our unique physiology, from achilles tendons to our ability to sweat, turned us into the planet's ultimate persistence hunters. Revisit the evolutionary trade-offs that traded raw power for the ability to outlast any other mammal in a marathon.

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In this episode

  1. 1Intro1 min
  2. 2The Tortoise of the Savanna2 min
  3. 3The Biological Pogo Stick3 min
  4. 4The Radiator in the Skin2 min
  5. 5The Ghost of the Kalahari2 min
  6. 6Outro1 min

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