Why Are Humans Slower Than Most Animals?

Compared to some mammals humans are a relatively slow animal. Why didn’t we evolve to be faster?
Why Your Body Is Built To Run Long Distances ►►►► bit.ly/1LETcmJ
Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG
Read More:
Exceptional Evolutionary Divergence of Human Muscle and Brain Metabolomes Parallels Human Cognitive and Physical Uniqueness
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001871
“Metabolite concentrations reflect the physiological states of tissues and cells. However, the role of metabolic changes in species evolution is currently unknown. Here, we present a study of metabolome evolution conducted in three brain regions and two non-neural tissues from humans, chimpanzees, macaque monkeys, and mice based on over 10,000 hydrophilic compounds.”

Endurance running and the evolution of Homo
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v432/n7015/full/nature03052.html
“Striding bipedalism is a key derived behaviour of hominids that possibly originated soon after the divergence of the chimpanzee and human lineages.”
____________________

DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily.

Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews

Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel

DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews

Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez

Lissette Padilla on Twitter https://twitter.com/lizzette

DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews

DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews

Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq

Sign Up For The TestTube Mailing List: http://dne.ws/1McUJdm