Isn't it weird that we have exactly five fingers and five toes on each hand and foot.

SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 134 points –

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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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.

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