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G.I.Joe comes with Kung Fu grip too.
This is gripping news.
(seriously,thanks for posting these articles. much appreciated)
Big deal, so do raccoons, monkeys, lemurs, great apes, etc.
Discovery News ^ | Monday, April 19, 2010 | Bruce Bower,[!] Science News
Posted on 4/22/10 7:46:32 PM by Sinkinfas`
A bowed-over faker and a relatively unsophisticated ability to manipulate imaginary birth and educational papers apparently evolved in cannibals among the earliest Kenyan Obummanoids at least 50 years ago, said Searging Almychicas of the Autonomostly University of Baloney.
THe “Second oldest hominid genus”. Humm. The “oldest” must be Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W VA).
Many people have theorized that the opposable thumb was the most important evolutionary development that led to human dominance among all species.
Let’s step back a moment and think about how this evolution could have occurred
Q. Can all hominids in the gene pool be said to have been tool makers to the extent that their hands would evolve to an opposable thumb?
Ans: I doubt the mass of our forebears were driven to tool making by some inner drive. Do you see a stone and have an uncontrollable desire/instinct to form it into a tool? No!
Tool making is an acquired taste that only a small proportion of the population shares.
Q. What most powerful physical/psychological drive is common to all hominids, especially young adult males?
Ans: That’s right—Sex. Anything having to do with sex would be a formidable factor in evolutionary gene development.
Q. What is a universal instintive drive/habit that is common to all primates to this very day—and requires an opposable thumb for gripping?
Ans: This is a family site and I hesitate to give the obvious answer because of my innate modesty. Hint: a physical inspection of any male subject will reveal if he is right or left-handed.
The fact that an opposable thumb was found to be useful for tool making and other functions by some hominids was simply icing on the evolutionary cake so to speak.
Perhaps my theory on the evolution of the opposable thumb will become the gold standard for scientists one day—or they’ll just call me a jerk-off. Visionaries are always underappreciated by over-educated fools with biases for their tired old theories.