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Geoffrey Stephens: An athletic supporter

Regarding the March 7 Science article “Humans ... by a chin”: I am surprised that scientists have not figured out why we humans have chins. It should be obvious that the intended purpose is to enable football players and wrestlers to have some place to hook their chin straps.

Geoffrey Stephens

Cary

This story was originally published March 10, 2016 at 5:16 PM with the headline "Geoffrey Stephens: An athletic supporter."

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