Suffer from a bad back? You're probably a bit of an ape

 

If you’re constantly suffering from back pain, then you’ve got a kindred spirit in hairy tree-swinging primates.
That’s according to a new study, which suggested that those who suffer from back pain may have vertebrae similar to those of chimpanzees.

eople who suffer from back pain may have vertebrae more like those of chimpanzees than of healthy humans, a new study suggests.


Researchers said that bad backs may partly be the result of learning to run before we could walk, in evolutionary terms, with the rapid evolution of the ability to walk upright on two legs leaving some people vulnerable

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Researchers said that bad backs may partly be the result of learning to run before we could walk, in evolutionary terms, with the rapid evolution of the ability to walk upright on two legs leaving some people vulnerable

Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47070220.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 Researchers said that bad backs may partly be the result of learning to run before we could walk, in evolutionary terms, with the rapid evolution of the ability to walk upright on two legs leaving some people vulnerable

Research was done to 71 humans, 36 chimpanzees and 15 orangutans, and found that humans with a common form of vertical slipped disc - known as "Schmorl's nodes" - had vertebrae shaped more like those of chimpanzees

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