November 22, 2004
Born to run in the highlands
Two interesting Ethio-related pieces of research highlighted by two of the best Afro-bloggers out there.
There is the suggestion that humans evolved to be pursuit predators. Is this really news, asks Foreign Dispatches? I and 20,000 others will be testing out the theory later this week at The Great Ethiopian Run (which starts, of course, in Meskel Square.)
Then there is a study into how people adapt to high altitude areas like the Ethiopian highlands, highlighted by Ethiopundit via Gene Expression. Apparently, it takes a full three months for visitors to adapt to the altitude here. I am almost there but still get breathless walking up to the Piazza.
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Posted by aheavens at November 22, 2004 8:41 AM