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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A strange experiment with cadavers to prove we are still cavemen (the pugilism hypothesis).

A research article recently appeared in The Journal of Experimental Biology — "In vitro strain in human metacarpal bones during striking: testing the pugilism hypothesis of hominin hand evolution."

What they were studying in plain English: University of Utah researchers made a "pendulum-like apparatus" in which they placed cadaver arms, and proceeded to make the arms punch a padded dumbbell with clenched or unclenched fist. The experiment was to test the theory that the human hand evolved its shape so that men could "fistfight over females" (the "pugilism hypothesis"). [Link: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/20/3215]

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Mary Curran's science studies: The Norman Experiments

By Jack Brummet, Cats Ed.

As I was helping tidy up at the Curran Mansion, I discovered this wonderful notebook created by my sister in law, friend, and neighbor, Mary. She loves cats (who doesn't?!) more than anyone I know, and it runs deep. She was probably around 12 when she conducted and wrote about the Norman experiments. This is so sweet. . .

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