Researchers suggest that one of the major reasons for the evolution of the human hand was to make us better fighters.
![Human Hand Evolved to Make Us Better Fighters Human Hand Evolved to Make Us Better Fighters](https://images.medindia.net/health-images/1200_1000/bone.jpg)
The researchers compared the shape of the human hand with apes and found that human hand has the unique ability to form a fist and use the thumb as a supporting buttress. The study has been published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
“The role aggression has played in our evolution has not been adequately appreciated. There are people who do not like this idea, but it is clear that compared with other mammals, great apes are a relatively aggressive group, with lots of fighting and violence, and that includes us. We're the poster children for violence”, Carrier said.
Source-Medindia