Five-fingered Evolutionary Discount

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Social Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences

4.3 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2011

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Mickey Mouse gets along just fine with four digits on each hand, so why do humans have five of these digits? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie ask why so many creatures evolved with a five-fingered discount.

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