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The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 2 months ago by LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to c/science@lemmy.world

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[-] Murvel@lemm.ee 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Mounting evidence from exercise science indicates that women are physiologically better suited than men to endurance efforts such as running marathons.

Looking at marathon athletic records; that's not at all true and took me about 3 min to verify. In fact, out of all the top 25 record times, all are by men (and almost all Kenyan and Ethiopian men).

What is this tripe? They could at least try to be serious..

[-] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

It's in the ultra marathons that women keep up with men and sometimes beat them

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389

[-] dank@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

In backyard ultras, where competitors keep running until they can no longer maintain a pace of approximately 4 mph, the male record is 50% longer at 450 miles than the female record of 300 miles.