Fine hands, fists of fury: Our hands evolved for punching, not just dexterity
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 16:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org)—Men whacked punching bags for a University of Utah study that suggests human hands evolved not only for the manual dexterity needed to use tools, play a violin or paint a work of art, but so men could make fists and fight.