How running made us human
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Endurance running let us evolve to look the way we do - Humans evolved from ape-like ancestors because they needed to run long distances - perhaps to hunt animals or scavenge carcasses on Africa&#39;s vast savannah - and the ability to run shaped our anatomy
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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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Mice which can run almost twice the distance of normal mice have been genetically engineered by US scientists. &quot;This is the first animal engineered for increased endurance,&quot; says Ronald Evans of the Salk Institute
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NEW YORK  - Endurance runners' strenuous training can erode their immunity and make them more vulnerable to catching colds, but a daily dose of "good" bacteria could bring their immune systems back up to speed, Australian researchers have shown.
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The marathon was inspired by suffering, and on the day an event that is as much a test of character as a test of endurance returned to its Olympic roots, the suffering returned, too.
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Altering a single gene can turn ordinary mice into marathon racers that can run for hours and eat huge amounts of food without getting fat, researchers say.
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Active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes.
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Runners older than 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from exercise.
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Next time you drive past a jogger on the street, give her a honk and a wave - she&#39;s honing the skill that helped define the human body, according to a study by researchers from the University of Utah and Harvard.
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To err may be human, but so, too, may be the ability to run. Specifically, the ability to run long distances across the African savannah may have given human ancestors an evolutionary advantage
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Humans evolved into the way they look today probably because of the need to cover long distances, scientists said today.
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NEW YORK  - The brain's response to another  person's body language may help explain why humans are quite  efficient at fleeing from danger, according to researchers.
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Why did humans evolve to walk upright? Perhaps because it's just plain easier. Make that "energetically less costly," in science-speak, and you have the conclusion of researchers who are proposing a likely reason for our modern gait.
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By Lee Bowman. The ability to run long distances across the African savannah gave human ancestors an evolutionary advantage over other primates that walked upright, but could not run the mile or 20, researchers argue in a new study.
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long thought to be a byproduct of walking for early man - was actually an instrumental step in the evolution of people from ape-like creatures into what we know today as humans.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.âOlder runners are improving their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study has found, raising new awareness of the ability of older athletes and the benefits of exercise for people 50 and older.
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Organized clubs and casual groups offer runners the chance to socialize, and to improve.