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Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study

They are capable of delicate surgery, creating beautiful works of art, and comforting someone feeling down, but according to a new study your hands evolved to smash someone in the face. From the article: "Human hands evolved so that men could make fists and fight, and not just for manual dexterity, new research finds. The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, adds to a growing body of evidence that humans are among the most aggressive and violent animals on the planet. 'With the notable exception of bonobos, great apes are a relatively aggressive group of mammals,' lead author David Carrier told Discovery News. 'Although some primatologists may argue that chimpanzees are the most aggressive apes, I think the evidence suggests that humans are substantially more violent.''"

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  1. Not for jacking off? by colinrichardday · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not for jacking off?

    1. Re:Not for jacking off? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If God didn't want us to masturbate, he wouldn't have given us such long arms.

    2. Re:Not for jacking off? by colinrichardday · · Score: 5, Funny
    3. Re:Not for jacking off? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      don't forget the red dot.

    4. Re:Not for jacking off? by dintech · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study

      Fascinating! I did a quick scientific survey of my colleagues and it seems that some peoples faces are evolved for punching too!

  2. Explains a lot by Jetra · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I know why I have the urge to punch stupid people in the face.

  3. According to my vegan, feminist ex... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We were living in a peaceful vegetarian world, munching on salad until the bronze age. Of course, all evidence for this was wiped out by the evil patriarchy.

  4. Level the playing field. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Although some primatologists may argue that chimpanzees are the most aggressive apes, I think the evidence suggests that humans are substantially more violent.

    Set the chimps down in front of a few Windows systems and we'll see...

    [ Sorry, just finished working on my Windows 7 system and reading the recent Windows 8 thread and am feeling a little violent. ]

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    1. Re:Level the playing field. by UltraZelda64 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I predict that they will start throwing chairs.

  5. Oh yeah? by TWX · · Score: 5, Funny

    David Carrier said, "...I think the evidence suggests that humans are substantially more violent."

    Oh yeah? I bet he wouldn't say that to my face!

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  6. Re:As a boxer... Ewwwwww by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    mishandling relatively short, small diameter, objects reminds you of your favourite pastime ............ just ewwww

  7. Re:Fist walking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The point of walking was to free up the hands to punch more people. Just like the point of jumping was to do scissors kicks to the neck. Cause that's just awesome.

  8. Re:As a boxer... Ewwwwww by yndrd1984 · · Score: 4, Funny

    mishandling relatively short, small diameter, objects reminds you of your favourite pastime ............ just ewwww

    If you haven't played with a clit, you're missing out.

  9. Re:As a boxer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cut him some slack, he's been hit in the head few times.

  10. Re:You, sir. by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just don't shake his hand.

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  11. Re:As a boxer... Ewwwwww by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's above the b and below the g and h.

  12. Re:As a boxer... Ewwwwww by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    touch: cannot touch ‘/dev/clit’: Permission denied

    :(

  13. Re:As a boxer... Ewwwwww by someone1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    sudo!

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  14. Re:As a boxer... Ewwwwww by wierd_w · · Score: 5, Funny

    It says:

    "User Horndog is not a member of the super users group", and that "my access violation will be reported"!

    I think I hear sirens....