{"id":57761,"date":"2025-04-28T08:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=57761"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:38:26","slug":"if-a-tendon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=57761","title":{"rendered":"If a Tendon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Evolution has left marks on our bodies, showing our connection to ancient ancestors. One such trait is the palmaris longus tendon, a remnant from primates, found in about 90% of humans today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-22-1-300x177-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57762\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our bodies carry evidence of evolution, like goosebumps, which helped our ancestors retain heat. \u201cWhen we are chilly, a muscle associated to our arm hairs contracts, forcing the hairs to stand upright.\u201d Another trait is the palmaris longus tendon, used by primates to move through trees. To see if you have it, \u201cplace your pinky finger next to your thumb and elevate your hand slightly off the surface. If you notice a raised band in the middle of your wrist, you have a tendon attached to the still-existing palmaris longus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-23-1-300x246-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57763\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you have this tendon or not, it\u2019s a link to our evolutionary past. Those without it show ongoing human evolution. Our physical traits offer profound insights into our ancestry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Proof of evolution that you can find on your body\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rFxu7NEoKC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evolution has left marks on our bodies, showing our connection to ancient ancestors. One such trait is the palmaris longus tendon, a remnant from primates, found in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57764,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57761\/revisions\/57764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}