Study: Hands Of Humans Less Evolved Than Those Of Chimps
- 9 years ago
Researchers have found that human hands are rather primitive compared to those of chimps.
Humans like to imagine they’re more evolved than their closest ancestral relatives chimpanzees, but a recent study suggests that may not be true.
Researchers have found our hands are rather primitive by comparison.
Their finding hinges on the realization that over time human hands really haven’t changed much at all.
It’s long been posited that as both species diverged from a common ancestor, humans' palms, fingers, and thumbs adapted in a way that made working with tools possible.
In recent decades, however, fossils have been found revealing the existence of hands capable of controlling tools predates the development of the implements themselves.
To resolve the confli
Humans like to imagine they’re more evolved than their closest ancestral relatives chimpanzees, but a recent study suggests that may not be true.
Researchers have found our hands are rather primitive by comparison.
Their finding hinges on the realization that over time human hands really haven’t changed much at all.
It’s long been posited that as both species diverged from a common ancestor, humans' palms, fingers, and thumbs adapted in a way that made working with tools possible.
In recent decades, however, fossils have been found revealing the existence of hands capable of controlling tools predates the development of the implements themselves.
To resolve the confli