Humans Survived by Laziness, Not Long Distance Running

What's easier to imagine? 2 million years ago your ancestor is supposed to be out foraging for food, but instead he's tired, climbs up in a little branch of the tree and takes a nap. He's asleep for a little while, but the tree branch breaks. But out of shear coincidence, he falls on top of an antelope that was underneath him. His weight kills the animal. He goes back to his village a hero for killing this animal that can feed everyone for days. Compare that to the idea of humans as runners, who run down their prey. Ummm no. I run. I'm not a marathoner, but I run. I can't even beat my 12 year old dog in long distances, short distances, hot days, cold days. Just no. But scientist are saying that's a possible way we evolved. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041123163757.htm "Humans evolved from ape-like ancestors because they needed to run long distances – perhaps to hunt animals or scavenge carcasses on Africa's vast savannah – and the ability to run shaped our anatomy, making us look like we do today." And Christopher McDougall suggests the same thing in TED talks and his book "Born to Run", which despite me completely disagreeing with this part, is a great and inspiring book. SIDE NOTE: Like a thousand other people, after reading that book, I immediately started running longer distances. I even tried the thin shoes thing for about 10 seconds before my feet were sore. Humans did not get food by running down there prey. No. We may have jogged to the next blackberry bush, or jogged to the next old buffalo carcass that the lions had finished with, but that's it. We may have sprinted to hide in the trees when the cheetah came to eat us. I understand why we would want to believe that we ran down our food. It's way more exciting than to say the likely truth that we lived off insects, really old animals that died of old age, maybe fish and frogs, and scavenged vegetables. That's why you don't see any fast running apes. They survive by scavenging. And it's likely we did too. Standing up straight does help us see farther. That makes more sense.