Why do human toes resemble fingers?
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No you don't know the answer. You know that "that's the way god made it" or "we evolved that way", but either way, you can't truly and accurately know if you are right.\n\n---\nBTW, if you believe that "we evolved from chimpanzees", you need to refresh your memory on what exactly the modern evolutionary theory says. Don't put words in Darwin's mouth that he never said.
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it is genetic.  during embryonic stages the skin pigments kinda move around and the patterns are all different, just like dogs and cats.  it is usually on multiple genes and varies a bit.  our fingerprints do a similar thing.  in the womb we move around and actually make our fingerprints smear to their current way.
26892
Phalanges refer to both the fingers and the toes. There are three phalanges in each digit of the hand and foot, except the thumb and large toe which only have two.
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Toenails' growth get stunted by our constant wearing of shoes, socks, stockings, etc.  It's even covered up with blankets and sheets when we sleep. It is therefore less exposed to sunlight and air which favor growth. Toenails are often moist with perspiration and when walking barefoot it's among the first parts of our body that gets exposed to dirt and germs. It can also be quite difficult to reach when bathing or cleaning our body parts. Because of its distance from our eyes and nose it is often left neglected.
298149
The human body is quite symetrical and we have things in pairs on both sides of our bodies.
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Do they?\n\nI've never wondered because I've never noticed. Of course, I've bitten my fingernails for as long as I can remember, so I never have to cut them - my toenails, thankfully, are another matter.\n\nHere's an interesting paragraph on the subject:\n\n"You might have noticed that nails on the fingers grow faster than nails on the toes. You’re right! Fingernails grow faster on the longest fingers too. It has been found also that nails that are the most exposed and most used grow the fastest; if you’re a right-handed person, nails grow faster than those on the left hand, and vice-versa. Fingernails generally grow faster in young males and particularly in the summer. There isn’t any direct experimental evidence to answer the question “why,” however we might conjecture that the reason has something to do with exposure to the elements and usage."
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Yes. The bones in your toes and fingers are called phalanges. Your pinky toe has 3 bones.  (The thumb and big toe have two phalanges, while the other fingers and toes consist of three.). You may be able to look it up in a reference book if you need more details.
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b/c the bottom of our hands and feet have an extra thick layer of skin due to the fact that we use these surfaces so much, whereas our skin that has hair on it is thinner b/c it does not endure constant friction. \ntherefore, the palms and soles do not tan/burn
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uh...a thumb only has two bones, and a finger has 3 bones.  Same thing with your toes.  Your big toe, or halux, only has two bones.  The other toes have 3.\n\nIf your thumb has 3 bones in it, then it's not a real thumb.
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You have more stimulation in your fingers than your toes.\n\nYou are constantly bending or moving your fingers. This stimulates them and makes your nails grow faster.\n\nYes you do walk on your toes but you are not constantly moving them to create as much stimulation.
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I used to despise my feet. They've kind of grown on me, because I can pick things up with them and crap like that. The toenails make a HUGE difference. If you've got toenails that you're unsatisfied with, chances are you won't like your feet either. Now I am learning to love my feet more, considering the fact that the genes I inherited I can't change.
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In humans, again the caudal extension of the spine (also in other hominoids), and potentially the appendix. In other animals, horses have a vestigial second toe, whales have vestigial femurs as do other water mammals and snakes. Orangutans have vestigial thumbs. Old World (African and Asian) monkeys have relatively vestigial tails (they don't do much for balance and they aren't prehensile). And chickens have vestigial genes that when tinkered with have been able to produce teeth :)
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Actually, humans DO HAVE 4 fingers (and one thumb).
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Yes, and both their hands and feet have opposable thumbs. \n\nQuoting from the source at the link below:\n"There are four categories of thumb movements determined by the degree of independence of the thumb. They are:\n1) Non-opposable thumbs. Examples: tarsiers, marmosets\n2) Pseudo-opposable thumbs. Examples: all prosimians, Cebidae\n3) Opposable thumbs. Examples: Old World monkeys, great apes, humans\n4) Opposable, comparatively long thumbs. Examples: Hylobatidae\n\nSource: Ankel-Simons, Friderun. Primate Anatomy. Academic Press, 2000."\n\nMost primates have opposable thumbs in their feet (we're an exception) and many also in their hands. However, there are monkeys with reduced thumbs, such as the South American spider monkeys, with only 4 developed fingers in each hand (their feet _do_ have opposable thumbs). This is visible in this photograph:\nhttp://www.ejphoto.com/images_AZ/AZ_SpiderMonkey01.jpg
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It's a product of evolution. The humans that were born with 8 fingers didn't succeed in their attempts to mate. The people with 12 fingers survived a little better but they tend to have the additional fingers excised shortly after birth.\n\nThat may sound like a joke but it's true. I know of two people that were born with an additional finger on each hand.
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I don't know if it is a few inches, probably not that much, maybe a few centimeters, but yes, this is true. Humans, or any creature for that matter, are rarely symetrical and our entire bodies are off by a hair. It is very rare to have any part of your body match up exactly with the other side (eyes, arms, fingers, toes, etc).
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To protect the edges of our toes. The area where the toenail is located is a place where the toe contcts objects the most. If we didn't have toenails or fingernails, the tips of our toes and fingers would be continuously bleeding and injured.