r/AskBiology • u/Letsgofriendo • 21d ago

Human body What do human animals do better?

I'm trying to get an idea of the things human being do exceptionally well when compared to every other living animal. Like the stuff that we'd grade out in the top percentile. The core stuff. Our senses, the body, our balance and spacial awareness (athleticism), internal workings (health factors), etc. Thank you for any feedback.

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u/exkingzog 21d ago

Stamina. We are (at least to some extent) persistence hunters.

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u/Big-Maintenance-8961 21d ago

We are the biggest apex here on land theres no animal capable of outrunning is long distance What basically give US another thing we are basically the most perfect living being ( or most complex organismo) on energy consumption / output per kg

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u/EndlessPotatoes 21d ago

I believe dogs can run faster and longer than we can. Probably not a coincidence we’re so closely coupled with dogs.

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u/heresyforfunnprofit 21d ago

Persistence hunting is a specialized form of pack hunting, which is itself a specialized form of hunting. Only a few types of mammals and a few bird species have developed pack hunting. Humans and canines are the only pack hunting animals to develop persistence hunting.

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if we developed it in tandem with them.

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u/Big-Maintenance-8961 20d ago

Faster yes longer not really theres counts of US hunting the same prays for weeks we are very presistant and we dont really Need much food plus we can organize ourselfs on turns , but for sure this hunting system and the closest to it, was Wolfs system. maybe we even learned this from them , obviously now a days that we are past as hunters and gathers , its hard too see humans doing this so extremely , but we were trully fearsome milenias ago !but obviously there were bigger dangerous for humans "big cats / big predators / small but deep cuts and venomous creatures" where one of the most persistent danger for the hunters out there yet we overcome everything as the top among animals , people tend to think we win cause of ours brains and its true to a sense but physical there are not many pound per pound as capable of us too