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A comment on The Endurance Running Hypothesis.

Re:The Endurance Running Hypothesis by radu_floricica on Saturday April 11, 2009 @10:53AM (#557498)
The first thing that comes into mind is old Roman military. Infantry and long marches - on a regular basis they could out-march cavalry.
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Re:The Endurance Running Hypothesis by swillden on Saturday April 11, 2009 @01:51PM (#557655)
The same was true 100-150 years ago in the US. The US Army Infantry routinely marched 35-40 miles per day, seven days per week for weeks on end. The cavalry simply could not maintain that pace; it killed the horses.
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Re:The Endurance Running Hypothesis by gaius on Saturday April 11, 2009 @11:52AM (#557538)
Not just cavalry. The Mujahedin do a credible job of out-marching mechanized forces too.
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