dank@lemmy.todaytoscience@lemmy.world•The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong
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26 days agoThe men’s world record marathon time is 9% faster than the women’s. That’s significant. The male runner would finish over two miles ahead of the female runner.
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.