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I have pointed out there are there 3 bone structure reasons why genetic men have an inherent advantage over women in many areas of athletics. 1. Males have longer legs per their height, 2.) Males are more areodynamic than females due to narrower hips and 3.) accordingly men have a higher center of gravity.
However, another relevant difference is males burn calories faster, which females burn calories more efficiently. In addition, men are sweatier than females - giving men better body cooling ability but females require less water (better water retention.
This is due to genetic evolution. Men evolved to be persistence hunters, while females evolution focused on child bearing and care.
Humans are mostly hairless, really sweaty smelly animals. While not particularly fast compared to many animals, particularly 4 legged animals, humans have a high leg length/weight ratio to their overall body weight and height. What this means is that - particularly if acting collectively - humans can run down - literally wear down to total exhaustion - almost any prey. Why? The hairy prey with less cooling ability (sweating) causes the animal to overheat to the point of exhaustion.
This is called "persistence hunting."
Humans are the only surviving primate species that practices persistence hunting. In addition to a capacity for endurance running, human hunters have comparatively little hair, which makes sweating an effective means of cooling the body.[1] Meanwhile, ungulates and other mammals may need to pant to cool down enough,[1] which also means that they must slow down if not remain still.[2]
Persistence hunting is believed to have been one of the earliest hunting strategies used by humans.
en.wikipedia.org
The males, with their long legs, ran/jogged/walked in pursuit of prey for hour after hour until the prey can't go on anymore. True fit joggers can go almost forever as the nature of our species. Mean while, the females with low center of gravity are more suited for the awkwardness of pregnancy, wider hips (areodynamic drag) for better birthing survival rate, and requiring less food and water - required for 2 during pregnancy and being dependent upon whatever food the males bring back they don't first eat themselves.
Male are evolved to persistence hunt - which also implies more evolved to fight. Females are evolved to produce offspring and to be efficient users of food and water for themselves and, accordingly, also the children. Claiming there is no difference in physical performance ability - other than hormones - is a denial of science and denial of the completely known inherent and evolved physical differences between the two sexes. A person's psychological frame of mind ("gender") is 100% irrelevant.
In the transgender talks, the physiology - other than hormones - is deliberately ignored - when athletics is all about physiology. Longer leg ratio, sleeker body, higher metabolic rates, less water retention, better sweat cooling, all inherently means a male is faster and with greater endurance than females in physical activities, while if weighing the same and having the same amount of food and water, the males would all die of thirst or starvation before the females.
To deny these realities of evolution is true science denial and the denial of evolution. It also is denial of the obvious.
Anyway, I found the concept of persistence hunting interesting. It isn't the fastest or strongest that wins, it is the one that can endure continuous physical exertion the longest. Just wear the massive beast down until it literally can't function.
However, another relevant difference is males burn calories faster, which females burn calories more efficiently. In addition, men are sweatier than females - giving men better body cooling ability but females require less water (better water retention.
This is due to genetic evolution. Men evolved to be persistence hunters, while females evolution focused on child bearing and care.
Humans are mostly hairless, really sweaty smelly animals. While not particularly fast compared to many animals, particularly 4 legged animals, humans have a high leg length/weight ratio to their overall body weight and height. What this means is that - particularly if acting collectively - humans can run down - literally wear down to total exhaustion - almost any prey. Why? The hairy prey with less cooling ability (sweating) causes the animal to overheat to the point of exhaustion.
This is called "persistence hunting."
Humans are the only surviving primate species that practices persistence hunting. In addition to a capacity for endurance running, human hunters have comparatively little hair, which makes sweating an effective means of cooling the body.[1] Meanwhile, ungulates and other mammals may need to pant to cool down enough,[1] which also means that they must slow down if not remain still.[2]
Persistence hunting is believed to have been one of the earliest hunting strategies used by humans.
Persistence hunting - Wikipedia
The males, with their long legs, ran/jogged/walked in pursuit of prey for hour after hour until the prey can't go on anymore. True fit joggers can go almost forever as the nature of our species. Mean while, the females with low center of gravity are more suited for the awkwardness of pregnancy, wider hips (areodynamic drag) for better birthing survival rate, and requiring less food and water - required for 2 during pregnancy and being dependent upon whatever food the males bring back they don't first eat themselves.
Male are evolved to persistence hunt - which also implies more evolved to fight. Females are evolved to produce offspring and to be efficient users of food and water for themselves and, accordingly, also the children. Claiming there is no difference in physical performance ability - other than hormones - is a denial of science and denial of the completely known inherent and evolved physical differences between the two sexes. A person's psychological frame of mind ("gender") is 100% irrelevant.
In the transgender talks, the physiology - other than hormones - is deliberately ignored - when athletics is all about physiology. Longer leg ratio, sleeker body, higher metabolic rates, less water retention, better sweat cooling, all inherently means a male is faster and with greater endurance than females in physical activities, while if weighing the same and having the same amount of food and water, the males would all die of thirst or starvation before the females.
To deny these realities of evolution is true science denial and the denial of evolution. It also is denial of the obvious.
Anyway, I found the concept of persistence hunting interesting. It isn't the fastest or strongest that wins, it is the one that can endure continuous physical exertion the longest. Just wear the massive beast down until it literally can't function.
