I think we have a lot going for us.

I think the invention of engineering is what finally broke evolution, but there are a lot of factors we have that bootstrapped us to that point. Walking upright on two legs is more efficient at the price of raw power. Many creatures can outrun a human but no land animal can come close to our jogging range. A Cheetah can go 60 miles an hour for a minute or so but a human can go 10 miles per hour for 6 hours straight. It also frees our forelimbs, already made flexible, versatile and dexterous by our distant tree swinging ancestors, for tool use. Funnily enough, another ability that is unparalleled in nature is our ability to throw things with accuracy and power. You also need pretty good hands to master fire, and thus cooking, and thus unlocking extra nutrients from the food you catch, which provides for that very hungry brain of ours. A few millennia later and we've pretty much got control of the biosphere itself.

It's definitely these two things plus our ability to digest meat as well as plant matter, plus our communication and social skills plus...

It was actually cooking. We learned to grind up meat instead of chewing it, small teeth was the first step.

Losing our hairy bodies and using our signature ability "Sweat" really did a number on all those that are faster than us in a sprint.

We're not the only ones that can do that. Wolves, dingoes and other wild dogs, and hyenas are also persistence predators. All species of the Homo genus were persistence predators but we're the only one still around.

E:Our level of hand eye coordination is unique to the Homo genus. We're the only living animals that can use thrown weapons effectively. Chimpanzees are the next best throwers and at a range of 6.5ft they hit their target with about 11% of their throws.

Aren't some wolves also persistent hunters?

Uh no, evolution isn't broken. And humans still evolve too, like getting still more gracile, some children not having wisdom teeth anymore and so on.

I dunno. I think the animals should worry. The Anthropocene is going to mean millions of species of things cease to exist because we're changing the global climate.

This is the reaction for most animals

I fucking loved this video as a kid.

Wooooooooooo

How do you think we got the Neanderthal DNA in the mix?

THANK YOU

Throw a fire