TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins
TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins
It's an evolutionary conundrum, and scientists are still divided over the answer
I've just assumed, if you're willing to accept that the human fist evolved for punching, that the chin evolved for taking a punch.
37 0 ReplyAnyone who hasn't followed that link needs to do so now! It's got human cadaver arms manipulated with fishing line and guitar tuning knobs. It's got a link to an article titled "Your Face: Punching Bag or Spandrel?"
You can't possibly find a better way to spend 10 minutes!
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5 0 ReplyWho downvoted you? I couldn't have sold the article better myself!
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Wait, how did they make the cadaver arms punch and slap?
2 0 ReplyGauges measured stress on the metacarpals during punches and slaps on padded-dumbbell targets created with a pendulum-like device.
I take "a pendulum-like device" to mean they suspended either the arms or the targets and swung them to a collision.
3 0 ReplyYou read the same article I did, so I'm also a little fuzzy on the exact details other than attaching fishing lines to tendons and possibly tightening them with guitar tuners. I'm not sure how they launched an attack.
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Humans evolved chins so we could have Bruce Campbell.
34 0 ReplyJay Leno
2 0 ReplyAnd Bruce Willis
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Humans evolved chins shortly after inventing pillow cases. No other animal has a chin, nor do any other animals have pillow cases.
It's just science.
21 0 ReplyMy dog has a pillow case. How fast do chins grow? I don't think he would look good with one.
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And some of us have two
17 0 ReplyI though elephants did as well?
10 0 ReplyAfter a google, elephants have a 'chin-like'protrusion, but it doesnt qualify as a chin
10 0 ReplyLike Harland Williams
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I thought anything below teeth count as chin?
9 0 ReplyTHE FUCK???
7 0 Replygorillas have no chin, then.
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