blahat wrote:
Here's another cool. Obviously this isn't 8 feet, but clearly these guys could jump:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419DPNZ0XJL._SS500_.jpg
where are these guys today? de-evolution?
blahat wrote:
Here's another cool. Obviously this isn't 8 feet, but clearly these guys could jump:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419DPNZ0XJL._SS500_.jpg
where are these guys today? de-evolution?
Wow There wrote:
I remember when that thesis first came out. The amount of extrapolation that was going on based on very limited evidence struck me as rather irresponsible for so-called scientists.
Turtles all the way down.
if I recall, skeletal evidence shows heavier, stronger men with stronger jaws and bigger brains. From those facts, higher speed isn't unlikely. And you can't do a speed calculation of a sprint based on recreational distance runner strides.
These claims appear in a popular book, NOT in the real scientific literature. They have not been peer-reviewed. You can say anything you want in a popular book, as long as the publisher is okay with it. And usually all the publisher cares about is sales and not getting sued, so if anything they push for more outlandish claims to generate media attention and thus sales.
The author's expertise seems mostly self-proclaimed. I've been unable to find any scientific papers by him relating to human evolution, biomechanics, etc. Or even one scientific paper period! He is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Western Australia, an institution that has no program in human evolution. It's not even clear whether he has a Ph.D. or not (though of course that doesn't necessarily correlate with doing good/bad work).
Bottom line: looks like this is just some guy who is trying to sell a book using some outlandish claims dressed up as science.
Does anyone know what times the Australian Aboriginals that Deek trained ran in the N.Y.C. marathon this year?
SomeActualData wrote:
These claims appear in a popular book, NOT in the real scientific literature. They have not been peer-reviewed. You can say anything you want in a popular book, as long as the publisher is okay with it. And usually all the publisher cares about is sales and not getting sued, so if anything they push for more outlandish claims to generate media attention and thus sales.
The author's expertise seems mostly self-proclaimed. I've been unable to find any scientific papers by him relating to human evolution, biomechanics, etc. Or even one scientific paper period! He is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Western Australia, an institution that has no program in human evolution. It's not even clear whether he has a Ph.D. or not (though of course that doesn't necessarily correlate with doing good/bad work).
Bottom line: looks like this is just some guy who is trying to sell a book using some outlandish claims dressed up as science.
I don't even have anything to add to that.
Snatch wrote:
Does anyone know what times the Australian Aboriginals that Deek trained ran in the N.Y.C. marathon this year?
Not exactly sure but I think the best of them ran around 2h45m.Not bad for a relatively short time at the running game but nothing spectacular.
Strange that Rwandan Tutsis could high jump 2.52m 100 years ago, but Rwanda's national record is only 1.90m. Blanka can beat that. I guess the easy life of the modern Rwandan has really made them soft.
Yeah but our aborigines are busy nabbing purses, stealing bikes, and dealing Meth on campus and in town.
exactly. way too little data and far too many assumptions. not to mention a general dearth of common sense and critical thinking ability.