How a monkey is more human and why?

The man calls himself the crown of nature and this is clearly flatter yourself. On our planet with many creatures who are much prettier, stronger, faster and more secure person. As for the reason, that, looking at what people have made the Earth, begin to doubt that it's actually a significant advantage. Is to deprive us of the benefits of civilization and... the Person put on an equal footing with the closest relative in the animal world — monkey, has virtually no chance in the event of a conflict.

How much more of the "crown of creation" APE? If you compare a human with a gorilla, the advantage will be about 8-10 times. These apes, with the growth of 170 cm, is comparable to the average human, weigh 200 lbs! This is a real car from the muscle that can move loads up to 800 kg. Even a trained athlete will lose the fight the gorilla.

It is clear that with the largest monkey on the planet to compete. And what are the smaller primates? The orangutan, having a height of 1.3 meters and a weight of 90 kg will not allow the descent of man. Looking at how easily these monkeys move through the trees using only their long arms, you realize how we are far. The orangutan is stronger than an adult male is 5-6 times.

What about chimpanzees, which are much smaller than us and do not have such an outstanding muscle mass like a gorilla and orangutans? These monkeys are studied well enough, therefore, to compare them with the person in different situations easier. An adult male of this species stands about 160 cm and weighs 70-80 kg, so the chimpanzee is closest in parameters to us.

In 1924, a group of scientists measured dynamometer hand strength of the chimpanzee and found that chimpanzees weight 74 kg can develop a force equal to 384 kg. let's Say for comparison that the man of the same weight, is capable of producing only 91 kg But among chimpanzees, there are Champions, as in the study group, there was a monkey, which weighs 60 kg, could be applied to the device power 571 kg!

In another experiment, the scientists found that chimpanzees easily lift 250 kg to the level of his belt. It turns out that a chimpanzee as well as orangutan stronger than a man 5-6 times. Force the hand of these apes enough to deal with the man playfully, but not to throw him like a rag doll several meters, as sometimes shown in movies.

But how do apes have such power? May their arms are longer, but the structure of muscles and so similar to ours. The answer is simple — muscle-human monkeys more efficient due to the fact that over 50% of the muscle fibers belong to the fast twitch. They are better suited to lift, pull, break or tear — that is, for action with a relatively short-term effort.So arranged almost all primates, with the exception of Lori. These lemurs have muscles similar to human, with a predominance of slow fibers. Such muscles bad develop great efforts, but much hardier. Due to the slow fibres of man can be attributed to the best marathon runners of the animal world.

Alas, on the efficiency of the muscles we are closer to this guy

Representatives of the African tribe of Bushmen, not being able to catch up with the antelope, just running after an animal until it gets tired and does not crash. This chase can last a few hours and experienced hunters almost always win.

It turns out that one weaker than the great apes, and much more. There are many cases when a home chimpanzees maimed or even killed a man. But we are reasonable people, not to rely on the strength of the hands and feet, and come up with ways to ease any labour or battle, with tools and weapons.