Public Release: 11-Jul-2018
Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand
University of Kent
The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a key role in the evolution of the human hand and explain why primates hands are not like ours, research at the University of Kent has found.
In an article in The Journal of Human Evolution, a team lead by Professor Tracy Kivell of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation concludes that although stone tool making has always been considered a key influence on the evolution of the human hand, accessing bone marrow generally has not.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uok-ebm071118.php
