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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.
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- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
Oh heck yes, much stronger. It's not so much about their muscles, but more about how their muscles are attached to their bones as opposed to how ours are attached. Fulcrum points or something.
Roger Fouts, the famous professor, was raising a baby chimp. The chimp climbed a tree and refused to come down. The chimp had a collar on with a long chain attached. Roger reached out and gave the chain a couple of little tugs. The baby chimp reached out with one arm, grabbed the chain, and lifted Roger off the ground.
I'm pretty sure the chimp could have done the same with one foot.
If you're really curious about this, google and find some folks who work with primates and talk with them.
- ?Lv 47 years ago
It depends on the ape. Gorillas are much bigger and stronger all round. Chimpanzees are a lot smaller than us, but their upper body strength is enormous compared to their overall size.
Interestingly, it is thought that Neanderthal man was physically stronger than modern humans
- bravozuluLv 77 years ago
We aren't stronger lower body either unless you mean endurance. A sprinter may seem to have more strength but they can't match the same power generated partially allowed by the larger bones and faster twitching muscles of a chimp. They also have a significant difference in how muscles are fired. They fire together where ours are much more carefully controlled by our greater coordination. They are programmed to use explosive bursts of energy that we hardly ever use unless we're in extreme danger. There are different nerve receptors in the muscles that cause far more contraction that ours normally do. We are wired to be more careful to not break our more delicate bodies..
- 7 years ago
Each next main type in history of the Earth surface was a bit stronger by brains while weaker by body because Earth is moving closer & closer to Sun(brain is electric & sun-like)loosing its body with time(more & more oxygen +... leaves Earth towards Sun taken by its gravity force).Apes are the type,most prominent before us humans & so-less brain & more body prowess
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