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castlecrasher2 on July 1, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Hand...

I've heard that orangutans are incredibly strong, but at the cost of fine motor control. Perhaps that's a similar situation?

Symmetry on July 1, 2020 [–]

Partially that's a different distribution of muscle fiber but partially to how the muscles are anchored to the bone. They get more leverage but don't have the range of motion to throw rocks or spears long distances the way humans can.

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