TweetI'm not so sure about this guy's claims. We have, in fact, evolved. progessed over time.
One of the statements I've made about Mr Bobby Bowden is that he just isn't up with how players, plays, the game in general has progeressed because humans keep getting faster and more athletic.
This guy talks about 20,000yrs ago. It's a fact that people werre much shorter then.
...well. This guy must've authored everything at wikipedia, because it's literature on neanderthal is consistant with this report.
I watched an hour-2hr long program on NatGeoHD a while back that showed the neanderthal and cro-magnon being a very short species, or era of man. The men stood 4-5ft tall. Women, and even one or the other neanderthal or cro-magnon man, stood under 4ft. 3.5-4ft in height. Now when you think about that, you also have to consider their build. Gorillas aren't very tall. Not nearly as tall as man, but I'm sure if they had a brain the size, or greater than the size of modern man, as the ancient man did, imagine the feats one could be capable of. I'm sure these ancient men, with the long, strong arms, could indeed throw the hell out of a spear. And practice makes up for a massive part of conditioning (speed, etc..) These ancient folks were running, chasing, jumping for manhood since the first day they could get their little toddler les going.
Motivation has alot to do with it. Think about this for a second. You don't earn manhood unless you jump your body length. Could you imagine? They're gonna make sure they can do that when the time comes.
One thing that I'm boggled about, is the whole fast running thing. I just don't see how they could do that with short legs. That's who gets the gold these days. Peple with long legs. But, the muscular anatomy was much different in ancient man, and maybe they could doit. That and the fact that they were chasing down food with the tribe since day 1. They were strictly carnovor if I remember correctly, so they had to break when they noticed dinner off in the distance.lol...idk...I don't think anybody can really know the real, complete story on the ancient man.
They did have a larger brain. That actually speaks volumes.