gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down114cross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1473arrow-down1external-linkTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.www.smithsonianmag.comgedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square158fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoUseful in fighting as it helps protect the lower jaw and teeth? But then again, it could simply be a trait we have developed over the millennia, and there is no deeper meaning to it.
minus-squareolafurp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI think this is plausible, also the fact that when you lean your head a little bit forward you expose the front of the skull which is the thickest part while the chin prevents people from punching your neck.
Useful in fighting as it helps protect the lower jaw and teeth?
But then again, it could simply be a trait we have developed over the millennia, and there is no deeper meaning to it.
I think this is plausible, also the fact that when you lean your head a little bit forward you expose the front of the skull which is the thickest part while the chin prevents people from punching your neck.