Re: Proving that a human is only able to throw overarm, not monkeys nor apes

From: Archimedes Plutonium (a_plutonium_at_iw.net)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:36:55 -0600

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:07:55 -0600 Archimedes Plutonium wrote:
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>
> So I shall get the numbers of lower arm length to upper arm length which
> is a unique signature for humans because it implies Overarm throwing.
>

Not much luck using the Internet. Did find a Univ Texas website which calls
this ratio the Brachial Index

Brachial Index = (radius x 100)/humerus

male human B.I. = 77.9

male chimpanzee B.I. = 91.9

Thanks to Univ. Texas website.

But I need the brachial index for all apes and all monkeys.

I need to show that if a primate throws overarm that the B.I. is going to
be about 77 and that no primate except humans has that low of a B.I. I need
to see the B.I. of baboons, gorillas and orangutans.

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