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Jake in the desert

Our fingers wrinkle in water due to a loss of blood flow our nervous system causes, and (they think) this is because evolution-wise, this would've allowed early humans to grip things better when their hands were wet (fish, tools, etc). 🤯

popsci.com/science/why-do-fing

Popular Science · Why do our fingers wrinkle in water? It's much deeper than skin.A study of polio patients almost 90 years ago gave scientists their first big clue.
#science#evolution#biology
Apr 10, 2025, 03:29 PM·Public·Web
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