not really.the pentadactyl limb may have been 'fixed' as a design even though it is no more advantageous than the 4- or 6- (tetra/hexa) equivalent.
(this is half-remembered from a SJ Gould essay...)
((this is half-remembered from a SJ Gould essay...)
The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:42,
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But what if it was a second thumb on the other side of your hand.Now that has *got* to be an advantage.
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Quijibo Esq. BSc. May contain traces of nuts,
Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:44,
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Actually that would be (to use a technical term) "fucking cool"I can imagine some kind of double-bladed curved weapon (like that klingon batleth?) that would fit nicely in a double-thumbed hand. hmmm.
( The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:48,
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Also you'd then be one step closer to being an Alien.Which is also fucking cool
But shirley a webbed-hand is better for swimming?
(But shirley a webbed-hand is better for swimming?
xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c.,
Mon 7 Jul 2008, 12:59,
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