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marcyb5st • today at 11:01 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

In the article they mention exercise. Basically your muscles squish your bones while you do physical activity.

What evolutionary pressure led to that? If I have to guess animals that were still able to hunt/move/... for longer were also able to mate for longer.


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tyrabound • today at 11:10 AM

This reminds me of the relatively recent discovery/realization of the “second heart” in our calves that pumps blood from the legs.