Why aren’t our fingers the same size? Like how come most people are born with the ring finger splitting the difference between the index and middle? I know it’s like natural selection and stuff but why did it benefit us for our fingers to be how they are?!
In: Biology
Grabbing.
Grab a ball or an orange. Your fingers are splayed around it to spread your grip around its surface.
Now, pretend you’re holding onto a broomstick, or a chin up bar, the handle of a knife, or something of that shape. Notice that your fingers all now line up nicely.
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