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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:23 Tim Rowell wrote:


>I've found it unusual that many proponents of fitness
>in an evolutionary perspective seem to have a bias
>against long aerobic efforts and a bias for
>shorter, high intensity exercises.

One of the many beautiful, evocative ideas in Paul Shepard's 'Coming Home
to the Pleistocene' is on page 21:  "Vultures, in an extensive net of
soaring individuals, watch each other, so that around birds descending on
a carcass a centrifugal vortex is formed that may draw others from
hundreds of miles away.  A smart terrestial scavenger and good runner,
watching the vultures from the ground, might cover several miles in time
to benefit."

Shepard goes on (page 56) to mention accounts of Native American running
which complement those given by Tim.

Keith

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