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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 17:19:13 2021 No.13445243 View Reply Original Report

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Why did biology settle on five fingers per hand?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:20:34 No.13445248 Report

Quoted By: >>13445251 >>13445273

Serious question, are you European?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:22:36 No.13445251 Report

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You need an odd number to have a unique middle finger, but 1 or 3 would look retarded and 7 or more simply creepy.

>>13445248
Is it the use of biology instead of God that made OP non-American?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:24:23 No.13445257 Report

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>>13445243
First there was only a tentacle
Then two extra digits grew on each side, this is the famous Triassic period
To optimize, two more digits developed and here we are, Pentagon and everything.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:25:21 No.13445262 Report

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>>13445243
So that we have 10 fingers total, evolution matching the base 10 system.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:25:23 No.13445264 Report

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>>13445257
Why is it called a ten-tacle when octopi only have 8 of them?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:26:35 No.13445267 Report

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>>13445243
5 fingers you say?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:28:31 No.13445273 Report

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>>13445251
>You need an odd number to have a unique middle finger, but 1 or 3 would look retarded and 7 or more simply creepy.

>>>13445248
>Is it the use of biology instead of God that made OP non-American?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:30:09 No.13445278 Report

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>>13445262
Excuse me, it's the 2^10 system.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:30:19 No.13445280 Report

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>>13445273

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:31:14 No.13445285 Report

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>>13445264
When all 8 are stretched out it creates a tent.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 17:33:04 No.13445292 Report

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>>13445285
I'd call them yurtacles in that case.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 18:31:35 No.13445487 Report

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>>13445262
Previous civilizations were wiser and had 10 as a sub-base

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 20:48:58 No.13446018 Report

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One for each hole, assuming you're

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 22:01:33 No.13446292 Report

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>>13445243
It was a trait that was passed on due to successful tool use - leading to more food or better tribal status - reproduction of successful mutations being why all humans have that, and why the head of the penis is shaped to scoop out competitors sperm.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jul 2021 22:14:34 No.13446335 Report

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