Why do our fingers have different levels of dexterity?

Question

Why aren’t all our fingers as dexterous as our index or middle finger?

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Answer 1

Because they do not get used as much. If you train your other fingers you can achieve nearly the same dexterity. I say nearly because your ring and pinky don’t necessarily have the same range of motion. Rolling a coin across your knuckles will show you that you can improve dexterity, same with finger tutting (intricate finger movements usually associated with dance) or gloving (gloves with led finger tips). People can do some wildly intricate moves with all their fingers.