Fighting shaped human hands by (author unknown)

We're all used to the idea that humans evolved their distinctive hand proportions for enhanced dexterity, but now researchers have come up with an alternative theory: that human hands evolved for combat. The duo provide evidence that the long thumb that wraps across the fingers in a fist packs the curled digits tightly together to make a compact club for use in combat.



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