<P> According to the endurance running hypothesis , long - distance running as in persistence hunting , a method still practiced by some hunter - gatherer groups in modern times , was likely the driving evolutionary force leading to the evolution of certain human characteristics . This hypothesis does not necessarily contradict the scavenging hypothesis : both subsistence strategies could have been in use -- sequentially , alternating or even simultaneously . </P>
<P> According to the endurance running hypothesis , long - distance running as in persistence hunting , a method still practiced by some hunter - gatherer groups in modern times , was likely the driving evolutionary force leading to the evolution of certain human characteristics . This hypothesis does not necessarily contradict the scavenging hypothesis : both subsistence strategies could have been in use -- sequentially , alternating or even simultaneously . </P>
in what ways did hunting and gathering shape the dynamics of early human communities
in what ways did hunting and gathering shape the dynamics of early human communities
long - distance running
long - distance running