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Re:Muscle memory discovery ends 'use it or lose it' dogma by adrianN on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:40AM (#19190031)
Probably a combination of not needing to be very strong (we don't use raw strength to hunt very often) and a metabolic cost.
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Re:Muscle memory discovery ends 'use it or lose it' dogma by noir_lord on Monday February 18, 2019 @08:35AM (#19190496)
Metabolic cost is a big factor.

It's one of the theories of why homo sapiens out competed neanderthal basically everywhere, we can survive the lean times better.

Iirc they required about twice the average intake of an anatomically modern homo sapiens.

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