Neanderthal wasn’t a runner
by 5ocietyx
‘Neanderthal remains revealed that the hominids had longer heel bones, giving them less of a springy step and making them ill-suited to running. But the taller bones may have provided more stability when walking, the researchers suggest.’
taken from –
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/02/04/study-humans-could-outrun-neanderthals/
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[…] such as Neanderthal man, who, like those humans who possessed the midtarsal break in the foot, we previously reported had been discovered to have flatter feet than humans, which made them less suited to […]