Tychoxii [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoWhy evolution can explain human testicle size but not our unique chinstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkWhy evolution can explain human testicle size but not our unique chinstheconversation.comTychoxii [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCarl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoneat article, one thing it didn’t mention though is that sometimes evolution does stuff for no reason at all, which might be the case with chins.
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agowe have chins because having chins doesn’t kill us
minus-squareClimateStalin [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoAnd because homo habilis or somebody thought they were sexy
minus-squareIldsaye [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoSometimes I use my chin to hold something in place while my hands are busy. Not that I can imagine an evolutionary bottleneck around it though
neat article, one thing it didn’t mention though is that sometimes evolution does stuff for no reason at all, which might be the case with chins.
we have chins because having chins doesn’t kill us
And because homo habilis or somebody thought they were sexy
Sometimes I use my chin to hold something in place while my hands are busy. Not that I can imagine an evolutionary bottleneck around it though