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The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong
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Speed of marathon doesn't necessarily serve as a benchmark for endurance, does it? Endurance is a metric of how tired you get over time, no? A cheetah can run 1km waaaay faster than a human. Doesn't mean that it has better endurance than humans.
What (widely popular) race could possibly be a better metric of endurance than the marathon?
You're adding parameters to say that women don't have as much endurance as men. Have a race in which everyone has to run the same speed and see how long they can do it. That is true endurance. You can't add parameters and say it's a true test of a single one.
By your logic, ultra-marathons are an even greater test of endurance. And women compete at parity with men (if not better) in those events.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49284389