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Isn't it weird that we have exactly five fingers and five toes on each hand and foot. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I mean why 5, why 5 on each limb, why not 4 or 6. Why do our feet also have 5. Whats with our body being so symmetrical.

People who know anything about evolution, now is your time to shine.

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[-] Hobbes@startrek.website 39 points 1 year ago

Once most societies decided to use a base 10 counting system, evolutionarily it just made the most sense to have a corresponding number of digits to help with maths.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

Six fingers would have us at Base 12, yet another argument against intelligent design.

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

That's.... not how evolution works

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