According to the <answer>endurance running hypothesis</answer>, long-distance running as in persistence hunting, a method still practiced by some hunter-gatherer groups in modern times, was likely the driving evolutionary force leading to the evolution of certain human characteristics. This hypothesis does not necessarily contradict the scavenging hypothesis: both subsistence strategies could have been in use – sequentially, alternating or even simultaneously.
What theory says that long-distance running drove the evolution of some human traits?
endurance running hypothesis