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I mean, just look at this mess they left behind.
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The one thing humans do have that's unique is all our nerves are seperate from one another for each body part. Meaning there's a nerve going from your brain to the tip of your big toe, which is separate from the nerve going to the knuckle of that same toe. Which is seperate from the next set of nerves going to the toe next to your big toe. Which are both seperate from the nerve going to the main part of your foot.
Other animals usually have nerves like trees where there's a larger nerve that splits into smaller ones as it travels through the body. Humans for whatever fucking reason decided to evolve hundreds of additional nerves all running alongside each other. AFAIK not even other primates have this type of nerve setup.
I'm sorry but this is totally wrong.
All vertebrates have a central trunk of nervous tissue in the spine that connects to the central nervous system, and peripheral nerves that branch out into smaller nerves.
is this why animals seem to have a way higher pain tolerance than humans? bc they just have fewer nerves? (i know nothing about biology pls don't hurt me)
Good question idk 🤷♂️
I'd imagine it would be what allows us to have such fine sensations on our fingers and toes which is how we primarily interact with the world. Our fingers are incredibly more sensitive than most other animals. We can't hear or see or taste as effectively as some but we can feel really good with our fingers.
Our feet being so sensitive allows us to map out the ground without looking at it, and in turn allows our muscles to react to the stimulation. Walking barefoot on varied terrain gives out a lot more info and effect than walking in shoes on a flat surface.
i thought that was just because our ancestors liked tickling each other
tfw you've cooked your back and are now realising you've lost the human condition
bandwidth, man. we’re very informatically dense creatures compared to any other living thing.
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