Is it possible that humans used to be stronger hundreds of thousands of years ago when we were "cavemen"?

Question

chimps and orangutans and other monkeys and apes are much stronger than humans, is this because they live in the wild on trees? and does that then mean that humans used to be stronger when they lived in the wild?

Answer 1

yes, is possible.

Answer 2

Not humans.  We haven't changed much including our intelligence.  We are marginally capable of handling a sharp stick, even so there would be accidents.

There are modern tribes of pygmies in Africa that routinely hunt elephants.  So, yes you could kill wild animals with handmade weapons, if you knew how and had the guts to do it.  They also have serious hunting accidents.

Apes are and Neanderthals were stronger than humans.  As I understand the reason it has a lot to do with how the muscles are attached giving them a mechanical advantage for strength over us.

Answer 3

First of all, there were "Cave Men" 15,000 years ago.

Neanderthal was a bit shorter than modern man and wider, more powerful with a slightly larger brain.

It is in the mutation of the human brain that accounts for our superior intellect, it goes to the development of our frontal cortex, the neocortex to be specific.

Answer 4

YES! Think about all the luxuries we have now. Forks, packaged meats, pre picked veggies and allllooooot more of course. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy back in the day humans didn't have any of those things. We had to catch our own food, kill it, cook it, use our hands more, eat bigger pieces f meat. Which means that our jaws were probably bigger to allow us to bite food and possible for defense if we immitated other animals. Our hands were most likely huge because we climbed trees to get fruits and nuts which is probably why we resemble monkeys so much because we imitated them alot (remember mamlas immitate each other)  and our brains were prbably bigger because we had to use them more! Inventing fire with no previous example? Thats some tricky ****. Overall, our bodies adapt to our environment. Which is why people living in high elevations are slightly different internally than people living in low elevations.    Oh and our feet and skin overall would have been rougher due to the terrain in africa and all, constant sun exposure, rocky land, climbing and walking alot looking for shelter. Yep tough stuff.

Answer 5

Sorry I don't believe in Evolution.

Answer 6

Humans probably were better adapted to the wild then we are now. Meaning they may not have all been like body builders but they were lean enough to deal with what every they needed to do to survive (swim, hunt, ect.).

hope this helps.

Answer 7

It is possible. However, i think that it is not probable because human beings have actually grown in size throughout their evolution, so now that we are larger, we are more likely to be stronger. If you think about it, cavemen would be forced to live in the wilds and extensively use their muscles to the point where they would be at the peak of their fitness.

Answer 8

of course they were much stronger thousands of years ago. They were tough because look at how they lived. Today we are all softened up by the conveniences of society and modern technology. We don't need to use our survival instincts anymore.

Answer 9

i don't know, but i'll bet they weren't worryed about hurting anybodys feelings. or, being politically correct.

Answer 10

We use to be smarter to survive among nature . Man was lean and strong not like todays office workers .

Answer 11

Could you kill a wild animal with sticks and stones?

Answer 12

Humans have been anatomically modern for thousands of years. The average human say 12,000 years ago was probably more lean and fit than we are today becuase they lived a completely different lifestyle. But I doubt they would have been any stronger than any professional athlete now.

Answer 13

probably