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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 47 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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 11 points 9 months ago

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

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

That's.... not how evolution works