"Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative, couldn't run very fast, according to a new study. But modeling her running ability has provided new insights into the evolution of human anatomy ...
However, it is unlikely she would have spent much time running for fun. To analyze energy expenditure, the researchers also added human ankle muscles to the simulated Lucy. They found running ...
In this new study, the research team wondered if Lucy could run on two legs, and if so, how fast. Evidence of such running, they noted, could perhaps reveal more about the evolutionary process ...
Lucy Reid believes that the sky is the limit ... who balances a full-time job at JPMorgan Chase with her running endeavours. Here is an exclusive interview with Reid on her 2:26:35 marathon ...