TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins
TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins
www.smithsonianmag.com
A Chin-Stroking Mystery: Why Are Humans the Only Animals With Chins?
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Humans evolved chins so we could have Bruce Campbell.
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Jay Leno
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And 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.
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My 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
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I though elephants did as well?
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After a google, elephants have a 'chin-like'protrusion, but it doesnt qualify as a chin
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Like Harland Williams
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I thought anything below teeth count as chin?
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THE FUCK???
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gorillas have no chin, then.
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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.
Anyone 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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Who downvoted you? I couldn't have sold the article better myself!
Wait, how did they make the cadaver arms punch and slap?
I take "a pendulum-like device" to mean they suspended either the arms or the targets and swung them to a collision.
You 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.