" argued that the solution to this problem is an ancient method of hunting based on endurance running known as persistence hunting.36 Persistence hunting takes advantage of two basic characteristics of human running. First, humans can run long distances at speeds that require quadrupeds to switch from a trot to a gallop. Second, running humans cool by sweating, but four-legged animals cool by panting, which they cannot do while galloping.37 Therefore, even though zebras and wildebeest can gallop much faster than any sprinting human, we can hunt and kill these swifter creatures by forcing them to gallop in the heat for a long period of time, eventually causing them to overheat and collapse. This is just what persistence hunters do. Typically, "

― Daniel E. Lieberman , The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease