March 12, 2007

And then Sam Colt ruined everything.

Short Legs Made Human Predecessors Better Fighters

Our ape-like predecessors kept their stout figures for 2 million years because having short legs ironically gave them the upper-hand in male-male combat for access to mates, finds a new study. [...]

While I am quite proud of my ape-like 29 inch inseam that gives me great box-toting power and a very low, road-hugging center of gravity, I'll have to say that I'm glad my branch of the tree is the one that thought up gunpowder and 185gr hollowpoints.

Dumb bunch of monkeys.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at March 12, 2007 02:40 PM
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On the flip side, we also discovered Britney Spears and "the Gazelle", so I'm not sure we should be that proud of ourselves.

Posted by: skinnydan at March 12, 2007 03:43 PM

I tend to think those were the products of that other, inferior, branch rather than we more enlightened types.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at March 12, 2007 04:04 PM