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Did Early Humans Stand Upright to Punch Better?
History Channel ^ | Friday, May 20, 2011 | unattributed

Posted on 05/20/2011 7:34:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Carrier's findings may also shed light on another mystery: why multiple studies have amply proven that -- statistically speaking, at least -- women find taller men more attractive. If downward blows strike harder, as Carrier's punching experiment suggested, a tall male has the advantage over a shorter contender. "Early in human evolution, an enhanced capacity to strike downward on an opponent may have given tall males a greater capacity to compete for mates and to defend their resources and offspring," he said. "If this were true, females who chose to mate with tall males would have had greater fitness for survival."

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Did Early Humans Stand Upright to Punch Better?

1 posted on 05/20/2011 7:34:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DHNY8eYmzdH4


2 posted on 05/20/2011 7:35:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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3 posted on 05/20/2011 7:36:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

Taller people have longer legs and can run from danger quicker, and chase target animals faster on the hunt.


4 posted on 05/20/2011 7:40:16 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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The Sen/San people from South Africa were all professional midgets. They are ancestral to all the Europeans and East Asians ~ any “tallness” in these people came AFTER the African experience.


5 posted on 05/20/2011 7:42:09 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m not sure why women begin to stand upright; men did it so they would have better aim at the little white cakes in urinals.


6 posted on 05/20/2011 7:43:25 PM PDT by doc1019 (Palin/Bachmann, unbeatable.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Tall guys who can stand up have a better chance of seeing the chicks in the weeds.


7 posted on 05/20/2011 7:44:21 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: SunkenCiv
I thought we stooped to conquer.
8 posted on 05/20/2011 7:49:31 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: SunkenCiv
This is what real punching looks like...

It isn't clear to me that any sort of an ape or hominid would be capable of it.

9 posted on 05/20/2011 7:51:49 PM PDT by wendy1946
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To: SunkenCiv

This is one of the most ridiculous theories I’ve ever read! I would like to begin by making a modification to the question. If you accept that man was created by God, the question is not so much why did man stand upright but what was the advantage of walking upright? The best explanation I’ve read has to do with running. Yes, human are slower than many animals, but they excel in endurance. Running on 2 legs allows humans to run longer, because they can inhale with every stride, instead of every other stride like faster animals do. Doubling the number of times man inhales increases the oxygen uptake, and it is oxygen that allows for cellular respiration and the release of energy needed for running. See, for example, how central african natives used to hunt. They did not have the weapons to approach and kill a gazelle, but they could run it down, until the gazelle collapsed of exhaustion and the native was able to kill it with his knife. Humans walk on two legs because, in the unforgettable words of C. McDougal, they are born to run!


10 posted on 05/20/2011 7:52:37 PM PDT by Former Fetus
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To: SunkenCiv
If downward blows strike harder

Uh, did anyone consider the matter of who has the longer REACH?

11 posted on 05/20/2011 7:55:18 PM PDT by FreeKeys (When morons are allowed to vote it becomes cost-effective to invent conspiracy theories they'll buy.)
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Did Early Humans Stand Upright to Punch Better?

They have their theories.

I’m not sure why women begin to stand upright...

I have mine.


12 posted on 05/20/2011 8:00:44 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: SunkenCiv

13 posted on 05/20/2011 8:06:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: wendy1946

This is what real punching looks like...
It isn’t clear to me that any sort of an ape or hominid would be capable of it.

Once saw a kangaroo do that.


14 posted on 05/20/2011 8:06:54 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Who is John Galt?)
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To: muawiyah; doc1019
The Sen/San people from South Africa were all professional midgets.

You mean they were paid to be short? Did they all work in the circus? As clowns or something?

15 posted on 05/20/2011 8:12:22 PM PDT by FreeKeys ("If life was fair Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead." -- Johnny Carson)
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To: Ciexyz

It makes flinging your poo more accurate, too.


16 posted on 05/20/2011 8:19:04 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

A roo which could do that would be worth millions of dollars. Why’d you let him go??


17 posted on 05/20/2011 8:19:40 PM PDT by wendy1946
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To: FreeKeys

They were quite cute and adorable and got ALL the girls. There are something like 14 major lines of humanity (looking at the mtDNA). The San/Sen are ancestral to all of them ~ so, no, your ancient African ancestors weren’t Bantus at all. On the other hand, the Nilotic peoples of all varieties derive from the same folk as the European and East Asian people.


18 posted on 05/20/2011 8:19:57 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: SunkenCiv

No, because they stand up straight they can punch better. Who cares? How much are we paying an academic to write about this?


19 posted on 05/20/2011 8:24:53 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: JoeProBono

THAT is hilarious.


20 posted on 05/20/2011 8:25:25 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (GOP mantra: 'Repeal and replace.' Translation? 'We can do socialism better than the Democrats.')
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