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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago

As if human legs aren't the weird ones - they evolved from feet into hands and then into weird hands that we walk around on and call feet.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago
[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Humans evolved from animals that walked on the ground, on the part of the hand/foot we would call fingers/toes. Like most animals btw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitigrade?wprov=sfti1).

Then the those animals transitioned into arboreal creatures, which evolved hands in order to climb & live in trees. These animals would’ve had hands & feet like monkeys.

Then those arboreal animals transitioned back into walking animals that didn’t climb as much, which turned their feet into something more like chimp/gorilla feet.

Then those animals began walking upright, which changed their feet to lose the ability to grasp since they no longer climbed as much. This is what gave humans the feet we have now.

[-] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Alien 1: Wow, humans must go around saying “Kill me…” a lot.

Alien 2: Uh, rude!

Middle-aged human: No, no, that tracks.

this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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