Are apes really stronger than humans?
Upper body wise, I know apes are a lot stronger than humans. Their arms are a lot bigger and stronger than their legs. They use their arms to walk, climb, hang, swing, and fight others on a daily basis. We pale in comparision to upper body, but what about lower body? Humans legs are much bigger, heavier, and I would suppose, stronger than an apes. We balance our weight on two legs,whereas apes balance on all 4 limbs. Also, our legs are much more developed. So, I have noticed apes have reversed strenghts compared to us? Would this analogy fit? An apes upper body = humans lower body, whereas an apes lower body = a humans upper body.
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I know upper body wise, we don't compete. But, we have much more muscular and developed glutes, quads, calves, ect. If they are stronger upper body wise, but we are stronger lower body wise, then they aren't technically stronger than us. They are stronger than us at one thing, where as we are stronger than them at another. Also, I want to point out the flaws in these strength experiments. Chimps have only been tested for pulling strength. What about pushing strength, lower body strength, back strength, ect. There are more forms of strength, than just upper body.