Running turned humans into what they are today, U. of U. biologist ...
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The thousands of runners who step up to the starting lines of marathons each year may be following in the footsteps of our earliest human ancestors.
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A new study of the skeleton of a one-meter-high race of âhobbitsâ that lived 12,000 years ago in Indonesia shows that they were a species of humanâand that the evolutionary path to Homo sapiens has been torturous indeed.
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A major study of fossils by US scientists has concluded that evolution has sculpted our bodies into finely-tuned distance-running machines.
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It may be hard to believe in these days of driving the SUV to the corner store, but people are actually pretty fast on their feet, and endurance running may have played an important role in human evolution.
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Scientists develop a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.
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A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.
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NEW YORK A spectator with an especially intimate view of human evolution is beginning to tell its story and has so far divulged two quite unexpected findings.
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So this is what it's like to be an also-ran.
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The sophistication of the human brain is not simply the result of steady evolution, according to new research. Instead, humans are truly privileged animals with brains that have developed in a type of extraordinarily
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A United Kingdom University is conducting a study to know why Kenyans and Ethiopians are made of superior stuff when it comes to distance running.
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A molecular switch known to regulate fat metabolism appears to prevent obesity and turns laboratory mice into marathon runners, a Salk Institute study has found.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Runners over 50 improve performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes.
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US researchers say humans began endurance running about 2 million years ago to help hunt for prey.
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Science & environment: Humans are evolving faster than ever, says a new study tracking changes in our genes. But some scientists believe we may be going backwards
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The average runner is 44 years old, rich, smart and married (categories obviously not mutually exclusive), this according to the 2006 Runner's World Subscriber Study as reported recently by Running USA.
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Between trail running and a walk in the woods, thereâs a new aerobic workout.
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Recreational runners realize that form matters and many are now soliciting advice before they cinch their shorts and lace up their sneakers.