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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's likely our wrists evolved to bend side-to-side because our ancestors fucking loved swinging sticks around so much.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Apparently we are also especially good at locking our wrists which enables us to precisely throw stuff. Probably a similar origin