That common victory pose, arms thrust high, chest stuck out -- think Michael Phelps -- may be innate to primates according to scientists. Their evidence is that chimps and monkeys do it also, and blind athletes who've never seen others do it also strike that pose.

What I want to know is what the root of the walk-off home run celebration is. If I spot a gorilla throwing off a half-coconut shell helmet and then jumping into a big group of gorillas, at which point they all start hopping up and down in a circle, I'm going to freak out.

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