Things About Early Humans That Will Blow Your Mind

Our Fists Have Constantly Evolved To Give A Punch

Considering our faces have evolved in order punches - it makes sense that the part of our body used for delivering the punch would have had to evolve as well. The notion that evolution shaped our hands, not for dexterity, but to form fists, recently emerged from a study of anatomical changes in humans. The study suggests that at about the same time we started walking upright, our hands became short and square with opposable thumbs. This change has always been recognised as a means for tool manipulation, but recent studies suggest the ability to form a fist with in order to deliver a punch when fighting.