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To: Elsie
Maybe our shoe wearing habit has eliminated the 'pressure' to HAVE a thumb there!

No. It's an adaption to a life of upright walking on the ground rather than swinging through trees.

Our feet are much more efficient for getting around on land than are those of the great apes, which spend a lot more time in trees.

141 posted on 05/12/2006 4:07:56 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: curiosity
Our feet are much more efficient for getting around on land....

I guess we'll be getting hooves soon!

143 posted on 05/12/2006 4:38:23 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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