Why are Humans Bipedal?

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Rath said:

mikem said:

There is NO advantage to being bipedal.

If we didn't have such CHOICE reasoning brains, we would have been gobbled up long ago........we are the easiest prey in the environment, any environment....we don't have a turtle shell, we can't fly or outrun any predator (because were bipedal!).    We are soft skinned sissies that will make a predator salivate on sight.       Go kick a bear in the nuts or wiggle your ass at a mountain lion and find out how much being bipedal sucks.

 

 

Humans have an absurd amount of endurance. It's really quite crazy. There are few animals that can match a human for long distance running or ability to cover rough terrain. It's a bit of an urban myth that we are the sissys of the animal kingdom who only survive due to our brains.

There are actually some cultures out there that hunt by literally running animals down. They chase them until they collapse of exhaustion.

Furthering your point, can that predator climb a tree? Because I can.

Can that predator swim? Because I'm a pretty good swimmer.

Can that predator call in a dozen other animals to back it up? I can.

Humans are adapted for adaptability. We aren't meant to just use armour or speed or strength to survive, we have a variety of techniques that we're pretty good at and we pick the one best suited to help us defeat a threat.

As wise ol' Chuck D. said, it is not the strongest of the species which survives, nor the smartest. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.