minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wavlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoIs there an evolutionary explanation for why they had short arms? I was being rather flippant, but this is actually fascinating.
minus-squareRozaŭtunolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoI think PBS Eons actually did an episode on this. Iirc long arms would get in the way Edit: found it!
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wavlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoSo my takeaway from this is that if I had an enormous tail implanted for counterbalance, I could also have my arms shortened in an act of extreme body modification. (But seriously, that was super interesting. Thanks for posting.)
Is there an evolutionary explanation for why they had short arms? I was being rather flippant, but this is actually fascinating.
I think PBS Eons actually did an episode on this. Iirc long arms would get in the way
Edit: found it!
So my takeaway from this is that if I had an enormous tail implanted for counterbalance, I could also have my arms shortened in an act of extreme body modification.
(But seriously, that was super interesting. Thanks for posting.)