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Our Hands Evolved to Help Us ... Punch?

Opposable thumbs weren't for tools, says a Salt Lake researcher

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 20, 2012 6:41 PM CST

(Newser) – Human hands evolved the way they did not so we could use tools but so we could punch each other better, says a new study out of the University of Utah. The lead researcher argues that we could have ended up with any of several...   Read full story »

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