Dead men punching: Cadavers buoy idea our hands are for dexterity and fistfights

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 17:00 in Psychology & Sociology

University of Utah biologists used cadaver arms to punch and slap padded dumbbells in experiments supporting a hotly debated theory that our hands evolved not only for manual dexterity, but also so males could fistfight over females.

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