Evidence that Long-Distance Running is a Key Adaptation of the Anatomically Modern Human

Though controversial, this is certainly an interesting interpretation of the fossil record.

An old and wacky (but nevertheless interesting) theory is that some unique characteristics of the human body arose from an aquatic phase of the ancestral human past. The new idea about endurance running seems just about as interesting (but somewhat less wacky) to me.

Of course, whenever I bring up the idea of the evolution of the human body, there is the risk that someone who opposes the very idea will object loudly. In this forum, I imagine that only Michelle might object, but I am not certain of that. For my part, I should promote the official Catholic position, according to which there is no conflict between Christianity and the idea of the evolution of the human body, though there is definitely a conflict between Christianity and the idea of the evolution of the human person. The key to understanding the difference is to recognize that the human person is not merely a body.