Prehensile feet

[Anonymous No.11406575]

Why don't humans have opposable toes? Did our ancestors have them, and if so, so why did they disappear? Does it make a difference in speed?

[Anonymous No.11406588]

>>11406575
We stopped climbing in trees, so we didn't need the dexterity any more.

I'd assume that it's easier to get injured, than our current foot design. But I'm not sure about that part.

[Anonymous No.11406595]

>>11406575
our ancestors did not have them. the reason we don't have them is because we need to walk, and normal toes are better for walking.

the real question is why we don't have prehensile tails (pic related). it would be fucking chill to just have a bar in my office to hang from instead of a stupid chair

[Anonymous No.11406602]

we need our feet the way they are for endurance running nigga. we survived because our feet mutated for that and we just outperformed the other niggas that has opposable toes. or something

[Anonymous No.11406628]

>>11406595
Tail and feet is the same thing, feature that's not needed and gets in the way of the lifestyle slowly vanishes as people with less pronounced features dominate over the more pronounced. Pretty sure tails went out of fashion before feet too since large apes in general don't have them and it's simply inpractical to try to use a tail to manouver a large body.

[Anonymous No.11406643]

>>11406628
>feature that's not needed and gets in the way of the lifestyle slowly vanishes as people with less pronounced features dominate over the more pronounced.
I think evolution is a bit more nuanced than that

[Anonymous No.11406653]

>>11406643
Feel free to explain (you won't)

[Anonymous No.11406654]

Honestly seems pretty cool to be able to grab and hold shit with your feet, even use tools with them. Sometimes i can grip or grab stuff with my right foot but its pretty clumsy.

[Anonymous No.11406661]

>>11406653
Youre right, im no biologist. But ill try. Wouldnt it only disappear as a result of them being disadvantageous for survival, whether it means being less attractive to a mate, taking too many resources that could go to other things, or literally being a hindrance in survivial?

[Anonymous No.11406665]

>>11406661
>result of them being disadvantageous for survival
what do you think "dominate over" means

[Anonymous No.11406670]

>>11406654
endurance running nigga, value what has propelled us ahead of the rest of the sub-human animals

[Anonymous No.11406675]

>>11406665
By that i thought you meant these features just disappeared from lack of use.