The Art of Manliness

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#216: How Men Evolved for Fighting

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Published July 13, 2016 7:35am

One of the things that makes humans, well, human is the ability to make a fist. Other primates canโ€™t do this. The commonly accepted theory as to why humans developed the ability to make a fist is that they needed to do so in order to grasp tools.

But research conducted by my guests today have led them to posit a very different theory. They argue that the reason we can make a fist is so we can give better knuckle sandwiches.

Their names are Dr. David Carrier and Dr. Michael Morgan. Today on the show, we...

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