In all running races at every distance
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, there is always a speed difference between women and men of the same age and physical condition. It is estimated that the average speed difference is about 10%, with men typically running faster than women.
Professor Dr. Pauline Entin from Northern Arizona University (USA) conducted a study on the running speeds of over 10 large animal species, including elephants, horses, dogs, sheep, buffalo, and cattle. The results showed that the speed difference between males and females in these species never exceeded 1.5%. Interestingly, in lions, female lions can run faster than males.
Dr. Pauline Entin suggests that the significant speed difference between men and women (at least 10%) may be a consequence of evolutionary developments over the past tens of thousands of years, a period when human society was still in a “primitive” stage but had already established clear divisions of labor.
Historically, men often went out hunting while women tended to stay home, taking care of household duties and children. This behavioral pattern has gradually contributed to the noticeable speed disparity between the two genders in humans.
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