how are chimps able to exert more force than us, humans, considering they are smaller in stature and weigh less?
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Their muscles attach to bone farther away from the joint so they get more mechanical advantage from that.
They have more slow-twitch muscle which is also stronger pound-for-pound.
They are generally just ripped under that fur.
Their muscles attach to bone farther away from the joint so they get more mechanical advantage from that.
They have more slow-twitch muscle which is also stronger pound-for-pound.
They are generally just ripped under that fur.
Know how you can write, or throw things with a lot of accuracy, or fold a paper exactly on half and rip it exactly along the crease you just created? A chimp can do all that stuff too but not as well as humans can.
We developped more fine motor skills than a chimp. Because we need precision the muscles can’t be as big or the movements would be too large. You want to hold the pencil with enough force so you can hold it in a specific way without being afraid you snap it, you want your wrist to make small movements to draw a specific way. Combine that and now you can write.
Look at it from a videogame perspective: chimps dumped all their character creation points into strength and only a couple into finesse. We put a lot more points into finesse so we had less points for strength.
Know how you can write, or throw things with a lot of accuracy, or fold a paper exactly on half and rip it exactly along the crease you just created? A chimp can do all that stuff too but not as well as humans can.
We developped more fine motor skills than a chimp. Because we need precision the muscles can’t be as big or the movements would be too large. You want to hold the pencil with enough force so you can hold it in a specific way without being afraid you snap it, you want your wrist to make small movements to draw a specific way. Combine that and now you can write.
Look at it from a videogame perspective: chimps dumped all their character creation points into strength and only a couple into finesse. We put a lot more points into finesse so we had less points for strength.
Thank goodness you said stature. Would have been so lost without that one word. O thank you.
Thank goodness you said stature. Would have been so lost without that one word. O thank you.
Humans and Chimps share a distant common ancestor but have over a very long time evolved entirely different traits. Chimps have retained the massive muscular strength that is best for a life in the trees. Our ancestor’s came down from the trees to walk upright on the savanna and evolved into the apex predator there thanks muscles and brains well suited to tool making due to muscles with extremely fine, precise muscular control.
No human will ever match a chimp pound for pound in strength, no chimp will ever be able knap a flint point or assemble a watch.
Humans and Chimps share a distant common ancestor but have over a very long time evolved entirely different traits. Chimps have retained the massive muscular strength that is best for a life in the trees. Our ancestor’s came down from the trees to walk upright on the savanna and evolved into the apex predator there thanks muscles and brains well suited to tool making due to muscles with extremely fine, precise muscular control.
No human will ever match a chimp pound for pound in strength, no chimp will ever be able knap a flint point or assemble a watch.
Leverage. Bones and ligaments are basically just levers. Imagine you’re trying to pry open a door with a screwdriver. It’s pretty hard to do. Now imagine trying to pry it open with a long crowbar. Pretty easy because it’s so long. We have smaller than average levers for our size because it allows much more fine motor control.
Leverage. Bones and ligaments are basically just levers. Imagine you’re trying to pry open a door with a screwdriver. It’s pretty hard to do. Now imagine trying to pry it open with a long crowbar. Pretty easy because it’s so long. We have smaller than average levers for our size because it allows much more fine motor control.
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