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[โ€“] fracture@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

kinda more like all the fingers merged into one innit?

posts picture of hand with all the fingers merging into one big finger

[โ€“] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Actually, it really is just a single metacarpal bone. The others are the red square bones you see up top, they are vestigial at this point. Like how whales have legs, we just can't see them