Humans' critical ability to throw long distances aided by an illusion: study
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 06:02
in Earth & Climate
Can't help molding some snow into a ball and hurling it or tossing a stone as far into a lake as you can? New research from Indiana University and the University of Wyoming shows how humans, unlike any other species on Earth, readily learn to throw long distances. This research also suggests that this unique evolutionary trait is entangled with language development in a way critical to our very existence.