• Question: Why do we have fingers?

    Asked by The Milky Bar Kid MINUS to Andy, Dwaine, Natt, Priya, Tatiana on 17 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Tatiana Trantidou

      Tatiana Trantidou answered on 17 Jun 2015:

      Humans belong to the group called “primates”, a group of animals that was initially adapted to live in trees. This is the reason why primates developed fingers, to improve their ability to securely grasp objects in their hands and also to be able to develop tools.

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