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Home of the Brave

Running After Antelope

Home of the Brave

Scott Carrier

Society And Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Testing my brother's theory of human evolution by trying to run down a pronghorn antelope in Wyoming.

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0:00.0

In the world of science, there's supposed to be a reason for everything.

0:04.0

A reason why the sky is blue, a reason why dogs chase bicycles.

0:08.0

There is even somewhere a reason why socks disappear in the washing machine.

0:12.0

However, there is no generally accepted reason why you and I stand on our own two feet,

0:18.0

instead of loping around on all fours the way most animals do.

0:22.2

Over the years, anthropologists have come up with all kinds of different explanations,

0:25.8

but it's hard to think of experiments that might prove anything.

0:29.0

A friend of ours named Scott Carrier decided, however, to do some research on his own.

0:34.2

He sends this report.

0:35.4

And there they go.

0:37.4

What? There they go. What?

0:38.3

There they go.

0:39.3

You see him?

0:40.3

Crossing over there?

0:41.3

No.

0:42.3

Or to the right.

0:43.3

Quite a ways away, in fact.

0:45.3

Way out there.

0:47.3

A couple of years ago, my brother and I went to Wyoming to run down an antelope.

0:52.3

I only see three over there. Well, there were about eight down there.

0:56.0

Yeah.

0:57.0

It was August, and our plan was to chase one animal

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