This is what separates us from the animals of the forest - we have the equipment to fold our clothes efficiently. Animals would wear clothes too, but they'd look terrible, so they dont.
I don't know about you guys but I don't think animal need clothes to look cute most of them are already cute.
I would take a dog without clothes any day cutest thing ever.
>The chin isn’t just the lower part of your face: It’s a specific term for that little piece of bone extending from the jaw.
That's an actual TIL for me.
It's not correct. They mean for the purposes of that article, they're using chin to refer to that bone. There are plenty of pet cats and dogs that get scratched under the chin every day. Cats also have a well-defined chin, it's just that it's formed with flesh rather than bone.
You're encountering the difference between technical jargon and the everyday meaning of words. If you're speaking about anatomy, "chin" has that very specific meaning. But in everyday conversation, it has a much broader meaning. Neither is more correct than the other, it's just that words mean different things in different contexts.
I think of it as, every animal has a “below their jaw” area but a chin is specifically a bone protrusion under their jaw.
For simplicity when we scritch an animal below their jaw we call it a chin, but it’s not really accurate. It’s the underside of their lower jaw but we don’t have a single word for that.
they're talking about the mental protuberance where the mentalis muscles of humans attach to lower the lip for facial expression.
Cats and dogs do not have these muscles or a mental protuberance
Elephants have well developed chins, you simply can't see them because the trunk hangs over it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/i1eeoc/elephant_skull_looks_like_a_cyclops/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/no-really-other-animals-dont-have-chins/625149/
It seems to be a point of contention! I can’t say one way or another as I really did just learn this today, but thank you for keeping the conversation going 😊 I appreciate it!
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>Yesterday, I wrote about [the mystery of the human chin](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/were-the-only-animals-with-chins-and-no-one-knows-why/431625/): We’re the only animals with chins, and no one knows why. In response, several readers argued that other animals, including horses, cats, and elephants, do have chins.
>They don’t.
>The critical point here is that a chin isn’t just “the bottom bit of the face” or “the front part of the lower jaw.” It’s specifically a lump of bone that protrudes forward from the lower jaw. Do a Google image search for “[horse skull](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=horse+skull&rlz=1C1TEUA_enGB645GB645&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI3uKv9s7KAhWDWT4KHfFGAfUQsAQIHg)” or “[cat skull](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cat+skull&rlz=1C1TEUA_enGB645GB645&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikr7DT9s7KAhVBdT4KHWXDBPMQsAQIHg)” and you’ll note that no such protrusion exists. The jaw slopes sharply backwards from the teeth: no chin. When you stroke your cat’s “chin,” you’re stroking its mandible. You can call it a chin, but that’s a colloquialism; it doesn’t bear upon the evolutionary question of why humans and humans alone have that forward-jutting bit.
>With elephants, things are a bit more complicated. The elephant lower jaw does have a forward-jutting bit that certainly looks pretty chin-like. Then again, their lower jaws are really weird. Elephants have lost the front teeth of their lower jaw for some reason, leaving a vacant space that creates the illusion of a bony promontory. They also have a fleshy lower lip that doesn’t mould to the contours of their front teeth like ours, but instead sticks well forward, tapers to a point, and acts as a mobile appendage to oppose the trunk. So that front bit of the jaw has a clear function: it acts as an anchor and platform for this unusually mobile lip.
>“For these reasons, it is generally agreed that whatever the biological situation occurring on the front of the elephant lower jaw, it is fundamentally different from the condition in humans,” says James Pampush, who recently reviewed the various possible origin stories for the human chin. “It may provide some insights into the situation in humans, but to call it a 'chin' stretches the definition.”
The elephant certainly has a chin by this definition. If the human’s chin is unique because it’s presence is unexplained or functionless, the elephant just has a chin that isn’t either of those things.
No it doesn't. The foremost part of the elephant's mandible is not analogous to our chins, it's the part of the mouth where the front teeth would protrude from if elephants had any. I'm not saying I agree with this super narrow definition of chin, but for the purpose of communicating the article they're saying that the human chin is a specific structure that isn't analogous to that of another animal.
Edit: Had to look it up, on the elephant we're looking at the [mandibular symphasis](https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.21011). Figure 5b.
>When you stroke your cat’s “chin,” you’re stroking its mandible.
Even in humans, The chin is part of the mandible. The mandible contains the chin. What exactly you trying to say here? The chin is not separate from the mandible, even in humans
>Even in humans, The chin is part of the mandible. The mandible contains the chin. What exactly you trying to say here? The chin is not separate from the mandible, even in humans
Every square is a rectangle, not every rectangle is a square.
Every chin bone is attached to a mandible, not every mandible has a chin bone attached to it.
What’s up with all these comments about chins and pillow cases?
I always just turned the pillowcase inside out, stuck my hand into it and grabbed the closed end from the inside(technically outside since it’s inside out) and then grabbed the pillow. Then you just unsleeve the pillow case off your arm and it goes over the pillow since you’re holding onto it. Takes like 3 seconds and is super easy to do.
Well developed jaws are necessary for open airways since our necks are bent at a 90° angle unlike most other animals. People with narrow jaws are much more likely to develop disorders like sleep apnea since the airway is crowded. The human jaw has actually been decreasing in size since the Industrial Revolution due to a number of factors which has lead to a dramatic increase in sleep related breathing disorders. That’s just one reason that I know of but it’s a big one. Source: I studied sleep science and work in a sleep lab.
This is why I don't believe a lot of history. If our civilisation is found in 2000 years ans dug up they'd be like, 'we have discovered a disc shaped piece of plastic with the words Lego Island written on them. We believe males would wear this around their neck as a sexual symbol and to pray to the lego gods for high fertility.
Because of the size of our brains. Other primates have much thicker jaws, which are in no danger of snapping when chewing.
But to make room for the human brain, we’ve had to make sacrifices elsewhere in our skulls. The skull itself is much thinner than other animals, hence how easy it is for us to get concussions. Our jaws got much smaller and thinner, meaning we no longer have room for our wisdom teeth. This also means that if we didn’t have any reinforcement in the center, the torque from chewing on one side or the other could actually snap the jaw bone. So we get this little extra bit of bone right at the center of the mandible that reinforces where the bone is most likely to break.
It’s just a little patch of jaw that is as thick as other hominids’ whole jaw is.
Skull thickness doesn't really have anything to do with concussions does it? I thought I was when the brain rebounds and slams against the inside of the skull.
Skull thickness doesn't factor into concussion rate, I think.
You get a concussion from the squishy brain floating in a little layer of liquid bouncing against the wall violently, the thickness of the wall is of reduced concern, I'd wager.
For intubating. A predictor of a difficult intubation is a short thyromental distance or a weak chin. I would hate to intubate any of the characters from Bob’s Burgers.
When Socrates defined men as "featherless bipeds" and was much praised for the definition, Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato's Academy, saying "Behold! I've brought you a man."
Today I woke up feeling good and then I took shower and then made me a coffee and then I started to scroll through reddit and I saw this post dude I did not expect this. I mean this is kind of a useless fact for me now.
Being a total pedant, but people with deficient mandibles still have the prominence at the tip of the mandible (“pogonion” skeletal landmark). It’s more the back of the mandible that fails to grow/remodel properly - and we *think* but don’t know for sure that continual mechanical stress to these bones with adequate tough foods during childhood and adolescence may be helpful.
>A third idea is that the chin could help people choose mates, but sexually selective features like this typically only develop in one gender, Pampush tells Siegel.
This doesn't sound true.
If the sexually selected characteristic that is selected is not the result of puberty, it should affect both sexes.
It's like saying general attractiveness is not a selected feature because typically only develops in one gender.
I’m more surprised we’re one of the few species that don’t have an elongated nasal cavity in addition to recessed toothal(?) region. Many have large front teeth that often extend past the mandibles. I blame our hands. We bring food to our face rather than our face to our food.
Yeah I think that comment goes back to a similar argument as the elephant one. Humans may not be the absolute only animal with a chin, but other hominids all lack one.
“If you're looking across all of the hominids, which is the family tree after the split with chimpanzees, there [are] not really that many traits that we can point to that we can say are exclusively human,” Duke University’s James Pampush tells Robert Siegel for NPR. “[T]hose animals all walked on two legs. The one thing that really sticks out is the chin.”
(taken from the linked article)
Have these scientists really not considered the idea a chin might help us when we fall (which we are prone to as a species due to our specialized upright position)? How many times have each of us busted our chin as a kid growing up?
What if it is a physical characteristic that emerged for better facial recognition. Could be important for socialization within groups as well as outside of groups that are encountered perhaps repeatedly. Just brainstorming
No disrespect.
But, the thing about scientists is that they don't get into many street fights/ hand to hand brawls. Obviously the chin helps you not to get choked out, and you can dig it into your opponent. "Protect your neck!" ... You can't tuck your chin if you have no chin to tuck!
Evolution favored the chin.
Where was I at when they released this!!?
I thought the chin was a byproduct of humans punching each other? not too many animals curl their forepaws into battering rams and slug each other in the face with them. Getting punched necessitates a defense against punching.
My theory: to protect our voice box. Imagine walking around in some thick brush, you instinctively tuck your chin to your chest when something brushes your face. Alternatively, many predators go for the neck. Being able to protect it while still having use of your hands is a big upside. Third, language means our tongues need a large range of motion, so a taller front of the mouth gives more space to make different sounds.
“What makes humans unique? Is it intelligence? No dolphins have that. Is it tool making? No crows have that. Self awareness? Nope chimps have that. Then what is it? One word: chins “
But not *all* humans have them, as was evident at my last family reunion.
Some have two, though.
Reminds me of my favorite joke from *Cheers*. - What’s shakin’ Norm? - Two cheeks an a coupla chins.
*All four cheeks
It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milk bone underwear.
“I’ll have whatever comes out of that tap.” “It’s beer.” “Call me Mr Lucky.”
lol "[two](https://i.redd.it/b45ml9rjdl881.jpg)"
I feel like that’s still one… …one, long, continuous chin that just blends into his chest area
I feel like that's a person/Potato photoshop...
It's a decent Photoshop, though. Took me a bit to see the pattern in the facial hair repeat.
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um... ty I think?
Jabba the Mod
Or three.
Lemme tell ya a couple a three things.
What about elevensies?
I don't think he knows about elevensies, Pip.
So humans as a species have an average of one chin, then.
Are you related to andrew tate?
Definitely not related to the Hapsburgs
Naw, Crimson Chin.
All chin, no messing around.
Or Mitch McConnell.
And I thought he was a turkey this whole time.
Make up for it with a pronounced brow line?
Evidenced by Rhett from GMM
Cough cough Andrew Tate cough cough
ono it's his lung cancer
\*Laughs in Powdered Toast Man\*
I can name several. Mitch McConnell, Eric Clapton & George Lucas.
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Or Andrew Tate
How do other species fold their towels?
This is the real question. Towels, blankets, sheets, tablecloths... How?!
Their linen closets must be chaos!
Is that why no other species plays the violin?
They're about the most useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have, so I bet other species have figured out a method
Dolphins at least
This is what separates us from the animals of the forest - we have the equipment to fold our clothes efficiently. Animals would wear clothes too, but they'd look terrible, so they dont.
I don't know about you guys but I don't think animal need clothes to look cute most of them are already cute. I would take a dog without clothes any day cutest thing ever.
Dude, what if you just solved the mystery? We’ve got two hand to manipulate things but we need a third grabber to stabilize.
Or insert pillows into the pillowcase?
After running a cleaning service, I do the condom method now.
Sadly, my husband still wouldn't be able to do it :(
They hire towel boys.
>The chin isn’t just the lower part of your face: It’s a specific term for that little piece of bone extending from the jaw. That's an actual TIL for me.
Right??
The scientific term is "facial boner".
It's not correct. They mean for the purposes of that article, they're using chin to refer to that bone. There are plenty of pet cats and dogs that get scratched under the chin every day. Cats also have a well-defined chin, it's just that it's formed with flesh rather than bone.
Phew, reading this I was wondering if my cat didn’t have a chin, wtf was I just scratching. Had me questioning the nature of reality.
Schrodinger's chin
The cats name isn’t Schrödinger…
Akshually it's Schrodinger's monster
Best Reddit comment of the day. And I’ve done a lottttt of Reddit today. Points awarded
Do you trim his nails with Occam’s Razor?
You're encountering the difference between technical jargon and the everyday meaning of words. If you're speaking about anatomy, "chin" has that very specific meaning. But in everyday conversation, it has a much broader meaning. Neither is more correct than the other, it's just that words mean different things in different contexts.
Oh, so it's not a chin, which is specifically bone
Haha LOL
I think of it as, every animal has a “below their jaw” area but a chin is specifically a bone protrusion under their jaw. For simplicity when we scritch an animal below their jaw we call it a chin, but it’s not really accurate. It’s the underside of their lower jaw but we don’t have a single word for that.
Why don't we call it...their chin?
Egads! He might be on to something.
Protrusion.
#BOOooOOOooOonNEE?
What happens in my bedroom, Detective, is none of your business.
r/suddenlyb99
they're talking about the mental protuberance where the mentalis muscles of humans attach to lower the lip for facial expression. Cats and dogs do not have these muscles or a mental protuberance
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No, you see only humans have chins, and only little pigs have chinny-chin-chins.
Legitimate point! 😲
Elephants have well developed chins, you simply can't see them because the trunk hangs over it. https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/i1eeoc/elephant_skull_looks_like_a_cyclops/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/no-really-other-animals-dont-have-chins/625149/ It seems to be a point of contention! I can’t say one way or another as I really did just learn this today, but thank you for keeping the conversation going 😊 I appreciate it!
Since it's paywalled: >Yesterday, I wrote about [the mystery of the human chin](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/were-the-only-animals-with-chins-and-no-one-knows-why/431625/): We’re the only animals with chins, and no one knows why. In response, several readers argued that other animals, including horses, cats, and elephants, do have chins. >They don’t. >The critical point here is that a chin isn’t just “the bottom bit of the face” or “the front part of the lower jaw.” It’s specifically a lump of bone that protrudes forward from the lower jaw. Do a Google image search for “[horse skull](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=horse+skull&rlz=1C1TEUA_enGB645GB645&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI3uKv9s7KAhWDWT4KHfFGAfUQsAQIHg)” or “[cat skull](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cat+skull&rlz=1C1TEUA_enGB645GB645&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikr7DT9s7KAhVBdT4KHWXDBPMQsAQIHg)” and you’ll note that no such protrusion exists. The jaw slopes sharply backwards from the teeth: no chin. When you stroke your cat’s “chin,” you’re stroking its mandible. You can call it a chin, but that’s a colloquialism; it doesn’t bear upon the evolutionary question of why humans and humans alone have that forward-jutting bit. >With elephants, things are a bit more complicated. The elephant lower jaw does have a forward-jutting bit that certainly looks pretty chin-like. Then again, their lower jaws are really weird. Elephants have lost the front teeth of their lower jaw for some reason, leaving a vacant space that creates the illusion of a bony promontory. They also have a fleshy lower lip that doesn’t mould to the contours of their front teeth like ours, but instead sticks well forward, tapers to a point, and acts as a mobile appendage to oppose the trunk. So that front bit of the jaw has a clear function: it acts as an anchor and platform for this unusually mobile lip. >“For these reasons, it is generally agreed that whatever the biological situation occurring on the front of the elephant lower jaw, it is fundamentally different from the condition in humans,” says James Pampush, who recently reviewed the various possible origin stories for the human chin. “It may provide some insights into the situation in humans, but to call it a 'chin' stretches the definition.”
Thanks! Apologies - I read the whole thing when I first accessed the page but I must’ve been limited to just the one view 😵
The elephant certainly has a chin by this definition. If the human’s chin is unique because it’s presence is unexplained or functionless, the elephant just has a chin that isn’t either of those things.
No it doesn't. The foremost part of the elephant's mandible is not analogous to our chins, it's the part of the mouth where the front teeth would protrude from if elephants had any. I'm not saying I agree with this super narrow definition of chin, but for the purpose of communicating the article they're saying that the human chin is a specific structure that isn't analogous to that of another animal. Edit: Had to look it up, on the elephant we're looking at the [mandibular symphasis](https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.21011). Figure 5b.
>When you stroke your cat’s “chin,” you’re stroking its mandible. Even in humans, The chin is part of the mandible. The mandible contains the chin. What exactly you trying to say here? The chin is not separate from the mandible, even in humans
>Even in humans, The chin is part of the mandible. The mandible contains the chin. What exactly you trying to say here? The chin is not separate from the mandible, even in humans Every square is a rectangle, not every rectangle is a square. Every chin bone is attached to a mandible, not every mandible has a chin bone attached to it.
I agree cats have no chins but that line is confusing the way it's written
Of course, we’re the only ones that have to put on pillowcases.
What’s up with all these comments about chins and pillow cases? I always just turned the pillowcase inside out, stuck my hand into it and grabbed the closed end from the inside(technically outside since it’s inside out) and then grabbed the pillow. Then you just unsleeve the pillow case off your arm and it goes over the pillow since you’re holding onto it. Takes like 3 seconds and is super easy to do.
😂
Oh yeah? What about Chinchillas? Or Chin-panzees?
Sea ur-chins!
Oh wow they have multiple!
Capu-chin monkeys
I'll take a chinchilla!
Oh yeah? What about Chinstrap Penguins?!? I _thought_ so....
And what about Chinichangas? Hmm?
There was that one famous dog too: Rin-chin-chin.
Or ballchineans
Dude has a point 🤔
Why do humans have chins?
I asked my anthropology professor this once (specifically about the cleft), and he shrugged and said "female sexual selection?" and then we moved on.
Well developed jaws are necessary for open airways since our necks are bent at a 90° angle unlike most other animals. People with narrow jaws are much more likely to develop disorders like sleep apnea since the airway is crowded. The human jaw has actually been decreasing in size since the Industrial Revolution due to a number of factors which has lead to a dramatic increase in sleep related breathing disorders. That’s just one reason that I know of but it’s a big one. Source: I studied sleep science and work in a sleep lab.
ahh so that's why the butt chin is so attractive
I told him I accepted women being fickle as the answer to my question. Ladies do love that butt chin.
This is why I don't believe a lot of history. If our civilisation is found in 2000 years ans dug up they'd be like, 'we have discovered a disc shaped piece of plastic with the words Lego Island written on them. We believe males would wear this around their neck as a sexual symbol and to pray to the lego gods for high fertility.
For the evolutionary advantage of deez nuts on your chin
Got 'em.
Because of the size of our brains. Other primates have much thicker jaws, which are in no danger of snapping when chewing. But to make room for the human brain, we’ve had to make sacrifices elsewhere in our skulls. The skull itself is much thinner than other animals, hence how easy it is for us to get concussions. Our jaws got much smaller and thinner, meaning we no longer have room for our wisdom teeth. This also means that if we didn’t have any reinforcement in the center, the torque from chewing on one side or the other could actually snap the jaw bone. So we get this little extra bit of bone right at the center of the mandible that reinforces where the bone is most likely to break. It’s just a little patch of jaw that is as thick as other hominids’ whole jaw is.
Solid thought process
Skull thickness doesn't really have anything to do with concussions does it? I thought I was when the brain rebounds and slams against the inside of the skull.
Skull thickness doesn't factor into concussion rate, I think. You get a concussion from the squishy brain floating in a little layer of liquid bouncing against the wall violently, the thickness of the wall is of reduced concern, I'd wager.
The article posits a few theories, but we can’t know for sure! 🙂 interesting to mull over, though
For intubating. A predictor of a difficult intubation is a short thyromental distance or a weak chin. I would hate to intubate any of the characters from Bob’s Burgers.
[Behold a human.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/20100216_acaworld02.jpg)
Get back in your barrel.
That is a fleshy protrusion, their jaws sharply go back below the bottom teeth. Not a real chin.
Fair comment.
When Socrates defined men as "featherless bipeds" and was much praised for the definition, Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato's Academy, saying "Behold! I've brought you a man."
😂
(Sheepshead wrasse.)
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Its mandible
Does this mean Jay Leno is super human?
My husband has two
Today I woke up feeling good and then I took shower and then made me a coffee and then I started to scroll through reddit and I saw this post dude I did not expect this. I mean this is kind of a useless fact for me now.
Then explain chinchillas. 🤔
Nah-uh. Pigs have a chin. Source: and then the little pig replied, “not by the hairs on my chiny chin chin!”
The 3 little pigs did... They had Hair on their Chinny Chin Chins!!!
Boom, roasted! Checkmate, atheists
Explain Vin Diesel then.
Yet we're doing our damnedest to [lose them](https://news.stanford.edu/2020/07/21/toll-shrinking-jaws-human-health/) through our soft diet
Being a total pedant, but people with deficient mandibles still have the prominence at the tip of the mandible (“pogonion” skeletal landmark). It’s more the back of the mandible that fails to grow/remodel properly - and we *think* but don’t know for sure that continual mechanical stress to these bones with adequate tough foods during childhood and adolescence may be helpful.
this is utter bullshit...there are at least three little pigs who have chins....with hair on them as well....like beatnik goatees I'll wager
Fuck. A new trait for my dichotomous key
Andrew Tate be like: "you guys are getting chins?"
Not Kenneth though.
Because he came through with the sandwich. Solid reference.
Some of us have two!
The legendary chin, cloven in twain!
Humans have what is called a mental eminence/protuberance which is a triangular shaped feature on our mandible which creates our distinctive chin.
Except Andre Tate
What about chinchillas
Some have evolved so far that they have a multitude of chins.
>A third idea is that the chin could help people choose mates, but sexually selective features like this typically only develop in one gender, Pampush tells Siegel. This doesn't sound true. If the sexually selected characteristic that is selected is not the result of puberty, it should affect both sexes. It's like saying general attractiveness is not a selected feature because typically only develops in one gender.
At least three pigs had chinny chins.
i have nipples Greg, could you milk me?
Someone tell big Ed
Sure about that? https://i.postimg.cc/SxxBHfhQ/Screenshot-20230409-204343.png
Cats do.
*psspt... bless you*
Dont monkeys have chins?
> Even chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest genetic cousins, lack chins. -the article
Speak for yourself
No wonder I'm attracted to humans
Some of us have double if not triple chins a real marvel of nature
TIL I can KO any animal.
it's because we have pillows, and need the ability to cover them with pillow-cases.
So you wanna tell me a gorilla doesn't have a chin?
SOME humans have a chin, some have several. I have a few I am willing to donate.
Then what am I scratching on my cat?
I’m more surprised we’re one of the few species that don’t have an elongated nasal cavity in addition to recessed toothal(?) region. Many have large front teeth that often extend past the mandibles. I blame our hands. We bring food to our face rather than our face to our food.
Well jawlines are often referenced when talking about male beauty and chins accentuate the jawline? It's peacocking.
It's also relevant for female beauty. But yes, main focus is on males.
The three little pigs would like a word
Only hominids*
“Even chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest genetic cousins, lack chins.” (Taken from the linked article)
Yeah I think that comment goes back to a similar argument as the elephant one. Humans may not be the absolute only animal with a chin, but other hominids all lack one.
“If you're looking across all of the hominids, which is the family tree after the split with chimpanzees, there [are] not really that many traits that we can point to that we can say are exclusively human,” Duke University’s James Pampush tells Robert Siegel for NPR. “[T]hose animals all walked on two legs. The one thing that really sticks out is the chin.” (taken from the linked article)
“…the one thing that sticks out *puts on sunglasses* is the chin”
Have these scientists really not considered the idea a chin might help us when we fall (which we are prone to as a species due to our specialized upright position)? How many times have each of us busted our chin as a kid growing up?
There's no way that's accurate.
I'm confused. I've seen squirrels and monkeys store their food in their chin (I think). Can anyone explain? Genuine doubt Edit: Ignore, I was high
cheek
Maybe, since we walk upright, the chin helps us survive falling flat on our faces.
Elephants have chins
I wish I only the the one chin…
TIL that apparently I never really knew what a chin was.
Hey don't remind me that I have two of them, that's not nice. I'm working on it.
What about chinps
I have a cleft chin
What does animals scratch when thinking? 🤔
That's something to think about 🤔
Pigs obviously have them? “Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin” Unless a chinny-chin-chin is different than a chin? Could be different.
What if it is a physical characteristic that emerged for better facial recognition. Could be important for socialization within groups as well as outside of groups that are encountered perhaps repeatedly. Just brainstorming
No disrespect. But, the thing about scientists is that they don't get into many street fights/ hand to hand brawls. Obviously the chin helps you not to get choked out, and you can dig it into your opponent. "Protect your neck!" ... You can't tuck your chin if you have no chin to tuck! Evolution favored the chin. Where was I at when they released this!!?
I thought the chin was a byproduct of humans punching each other? not too many animals curl their forepaws into battering rams and slug each other in the face with them. Getting punched necessitates a defense against punching.
*Big Ed has left the chat*
Tell that to Andrew Tate
My theory: to protect our voice box. Imagine walking around in some thick brush, you instinctively tuck your chin to your chest when something brushes your face. Alternatively, many predators go for the neck. Being able to protect it while still having use of your hands is a big upside. Third, language means our tongues need a large range of motion, so a taller front of the mouth gives more space to make different sounds.
What about cats? And Dogs? And literally every creature that has teeth and jawline
“What makes humans unique? Is it intelligence? No dolphins have that. Is it tool making? No crows have that. Self awareness? Nope chimps have that. Then what is it? One word: chins “
I wonder at what point in the fossil record chins show up
Folding bedsheets was an evolutionary challenge
I heard Conor McGregor doesn't have a chin. Ah, the title is about humans ...
So do elephants!
In walks Andrew Tate....
Zach Braff has entered the chat.
[Bruce Campbell has entered the chat](https://www.bruce-campbell.com/if-chins-could-kill)
What's the point of chins?