• Question: why do we have toes?

    Asked by sophiecorteville to Arttu, Ceri, James_M, Monica, Philip on 15 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Ceri Brenner

      Ceri Brenner answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      i wish i knew ha, to be honest i’ve got no idea but i would guess that it’s something to do with balance??

    • Photo: Arttu Rajantie

      Arttu Rajantie answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      I am not at all an expert on this, but it seems to me that pretty much all land vertebrates have toes, so they must come from our very distant ancestors.

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