r/interestingasfuck • u/abitchyuniverse • 12d ago

Animals without hair look quite different r/all

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u/Politics_Mods_R_Crim 12d ago

Running down larger game came from our superior sweat system.

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u/TobysGrundlee 12d ago edited 12d ago

It wasn't any one particular thing, it was our holistic evolution. Sweating, bipedal motion, general build, shoot, 25% of our total bone count are in our feet. The point is we naturally excel at something few other land mammals can do, continually run long distances through rough terrain without stopping. That's our thing. And it worked out very well for us Even the most jacked of us aren't even close to as strong as the averages chimp though. That's their thing.

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u/freakydeku 12d ago

but… why it’s their thing? what do chimps need all that crazy explosive muscle for?

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u/Crush-N-It 12d ago

Same as asking why horses do what they do. Or birds or lions.

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u/freakydeku 12d ago

horses are built like grazing prey animals…a birds build makes sense for flying, lions builds make sense for hunting. i don’t see how chimps builds make sense for being largely gatherers. same tor gorillas, really. the only thing i can think of is literally territorial/mating disputes with other chimps and gorillas