What is the purpose... i ask thee
2007-04-22 12:56:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
if you're a male you shave it, if you're a female you powder it
2007-04-22 13:00:28 · answer #1 · answered by Splishy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not everybody does. There are many chinless wonders about but big ones small ones receeding ones all cushion the most vulnerable end of your jaw from bumps knocks and melting ice-cream cones
2007-04-25 13:57:56 · answer #2 · answered by drstella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an anchor for your tendons that attach to the muscles in the jaw. Over time our jaws have become more powerful and the muscles require a more sturdy anchor.
2007-04-25 19:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by Keith C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the appendix and tonsils are going to be a little offended when they hear about this one. They do all the work and the chin gets the credit. ( isn’t that the way it goes)
2007-04-22 20:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by carl j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the muscles of the jaw need something to attach to, so the jaw can move up and down, and the muscles of the lips and lower face can do their job.
2007-04-23 00:03:03 · answer #5 · answered by bad guppy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of ancestor (apes ) had it, for chewing purpose, we also got it, during evolution, with little modifications.
2007-04-22 20:05:52 · answer #6 · answered by manjunath_empeetech 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its part of your lower jaw it enable you to eat!
2007-04-22 19:59:34 · answer #7 · answered by Turnip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop your tongue from slavering all over your chest
2007-04-22 20:02:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz we'd look damned wierd without them!
2007-04-22 20:01:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So Gillette can make razors to shave it !!!
2007-04-22 20:01:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋