Could we really evolve to be without our Pinky finger???
462810
yes it is a vestible(correct spelling?) structure meaning it is not necessary to survival/ used enough to be kept as a part of us.  I.E. our tonsils and appendix.
47763
Is this having any relation with cricket?\nLizards are in the process of evolution so may be in next 2000 yrs who knows all lizards can fly .... \nAnd there might be no brids in earth...\nSo please wait to see ....
1055198
left hand finger next to pinkie
32817
technically a thumb is not a finger because it is apposable and can move this way and that...so that you can hold things and what not.  don't know why its called a thumb though.  just what it was named i guess.
980858
Interesting questions. Since technology seems to be evolving alongside of us, I tend to suspect out bodies will adapt to deal with this. As most technology appears to be making our lives easier, or lasier (which will be more critical as I explain my theory), there is no doubt in my mind we will loose alot of our mobility. Since there is a large push towards working at home and automating everything, I think it is potentially possible we may loose the function of our legs and arms and the moving parts of out bodies. Having said that, it will be interesting to see how we will feed ourselves and reproduce. I suspect the theory discussed in the story, "The Time Machine", is not to far from the truth. It could be possible that we evolve into two different types of humans, similar to termites. We will have the workers; those that will grow our food and carry out the pysical tasks, The general populous which will be home bound and in control of mental actvities. Whether this happens in the next 1000 years seems unlikely since evolution takes much longer than this. But in reflection, considering the environmental change the globe is going through, other changes in the human form will need to be taken into consideration. Could it be possible that humanity will not evolve in the next 1000 years, but simply die out and a new species takes its place? This seems more likely since it has happened to many species throughtout the earths history.
1058877
No, I think you would like only 4 fingers. The little one just gets in the way.
245829
Our evolution has allowed us to recognize our existence. Our need to survive has forced our evolution. We would be less aware of ourselves without the communal awareness.\n(The guy under the tree is unaware of the rain because of the tree, not because he is alone)
689118
wow, weird question, and not sure whether you're telling the truth or not, but I have the same thing.  It's a medical condition if you were born with it.  I have since forgotten the name, but it is not harmful.  \n\nActually, there is a bit of evidence suggesting that humans will eventually not have a 5th (pinky) toe.  If that's truth, it means you are more genetically advanced since your toe is already becoming a vestigial digit.
225669
When thereis a mutation in the body cell. I COULD be past on. it's not a 100% chance. but it's possible. \ncan you give me the 10 points since i'm the only one who answered it .
206888
But the most obvious answer to your question is that we obviously do evolve... we'd all be dead if we didn't\n\nsurvival of the fittest
658838
If and when the fundamental organizing principle for interactions and transactions between and among members of "our" species becomes the psychology of love in lieu of the psychology of power (which it has been since the inception of "our" species here on earth) then, and only then would the state of affairs implied by your question be possible.\n\nOur is written as it is, i.e. "our", because this, I suggest necessitates a further stage of human evolution, i.e. post-modern homo sapiens.  The question is, which will come first, the required evolutionary process or the extinction of the species homo sapiens?\n\nA further question is, if perchance post-modern homo sapiens does come to fruition, what would "we" be like?  I think that, from time to time, we are provided with glimpses of this from throughout the entire species extant. I also think, that like quality, we know it when we see it, notwithstanding the obstacle posed by current ideas, concepts and perceptions about "human nature" and its possibilities.
175
According to a column that I read written by Joël Carbonnel, "Nature has never been able to count above five."\n\nA researcher has discovered that when the limbs have more than five digits they become distorted into a bow-legged shape which seriously interferes with normal walking or running.\n\nhttp://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Regular/joel74.htm
15901
Because you don't have any hands??
1169934
I knew a guy about 15 years ago who had two thumbs on one of his hands. A small "extra" thumb grew out of his "normal" thumb on that hand. The extra thumb looked pretty standard except that it was considerably smaller than the normal one.\n\nHe seemed to be quite self-conscious about it. He cracked a joke about it when he saw me looking at his hand. Honestly, I don't think I had even noticed his extra thumb; I just happened to be looking down where his hand was and not really registering what I was seeing. I think he was just expecting people to make remarks about it and had a joke ready when he thought someone noticed. \n\nHe also had a rather severe stutter. I'm not sure if the stutter was some psychological result of his extra thumb or completely unrelated. But he really seemed to appreciate my patience in waiting for him to say the things he was struggling to say.
653469
Technology will afford some desirable features, like a better pair of legs, a better heart, brain augmentation (more memory, and even memory pre-formatted with knowledge), super eyes, and direct brain-to-brain wireless communication.  But is this evolution, or self-modification?  Meanwhile, we will develop robots that are smarter than humans, and eventually they will build and improve themselves.  Will that be evolution?  And then we will cede ownership of the planet to our inventions.  These new, inorganic creatures will be like us, but free of biology.
1046349
Not true.  He made this up.  Count the toes on your dog or cat; they have 4 plus a dew claw (that "thumb" on their heal).  Most mammals have 5 digits.  Our pinkies were going nowhere.
1110569
No. Our genes are way to close to chimpazees etc to be by accident.