A University of Utah study suggests human hands evolved not only for the manual dexterity needed to use tools or play a violin, but also so we could make fists and punch hard. “The role aggression has played in our evolution has not been adequately appreciated,” says Professor David Carrier, senior author of the study […]
Men can punch much harder when they stand on two legs and hit downward rather than when they are on all fours, giving tall, upright males a distinct fighting advantage, say University of Utah researchers who offer a controversial new theory on the origins of man’s bipedal posture. Their paper, in the journal PLoS ONE, […]
