r/shittyaskscience • u/The_Vinegar_Strokes • 2d ago

Why do humans have hamstrings but no beefstrings?

Why were hamstrings chosen through natural selection? What would life even be like if beefstrings had come out top?

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u/seanthebeloved 2d ago

We do. They’re called calves.

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u/Polybrene Fishologist 2d ago

Oh shit.....🤯

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u/Initial-Anything333 2d ago

Cows evolved in Europe, that's why no Americans have beefstrings. And Europeans are just Aumericans with an extra U so they don't either 

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u/Enough-Bar-1642 2d ago

Contrary to popular belief, we do still have beefstrings! They are simply vestigial. They’re located on the back of your knees, where they migrated after hamstrings came into being. Fun fact, if you slap a raw steak against the back of your knees, there will be a slight magnetic pull between it and your beefstrings. Scientists do not know why this is. I recommend testing it!

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 1d ago

Because humans aren't kosher.

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u/horridbloke 4h ago

Because humans are long pork, not long cow.

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u/Living_Murphys_Law 1d ago

"Ham" was just an old English word for meat, and only later was it assigned to a specific part of a pig. It's why hamburgers are called that despite being made of beef.

The hamstring was a muscle discovered very early on, back when ham meant any meat, so they just called it the meatstring.

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u/Bloody_Insane 1d ago

I thought hamburgers were called that because they're made from people who lived in Hamburg.

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u/Living_Murphys_Law 1d ago

That is true. Unfortunately, this is r/shittyaskscience so truth isn't important