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3295192 No.3295192 [Reply] [Original]

In the name of science, I must know why!

I am trying to find anyone out there that has hair on their index finger's middle compartment! Everyone I've checked at home and University usually have very fine hair on the middle and lower compartment on every finger, except for the middle compartment of the index finger. (sorry if i'm using the wrong terminology)

If none of you do, any possible reason for this? Why did evolution favour those without hair on the middle compartment of their index finger? Did it reduce air drag when you point at something or what?

WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A STUDY ON THIS

I MUST KNOW

>> No.3295207
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3295207

If you dont know which part I'm talking about, see pic (green area and ignore the thumb).

>> No.3295218
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3295218

>2011
>hair on your index finger

>> No.3295219

>>3295192
Interesting. I just checked mine, mine doesn't have it either. I wonder why that is? Do you know of any of our ape cousins who also don't have any hairs on their first finger second phalanges?

>> No.3295226

Bump for curiosity.

I don't have hair on the bit you mentioned, but the other parts of my hand is hairy as fuck. Only today did I notice the hair on my knuckles.

Ta for the boost in my self-mage.

>> No.3295236

you know what?
I've checked and I don't have ANY hair on any middle section of my fingers. The base sections are all hairy.
A WONDER OF NATURE?

>> No.3295247

>>3295226
Shit son, your power's growing. Soon you will be the greatest mage in the realm.

Quick, minions, we must feed the master more! Insult his genetics by making more baseless claims! He will grow stronger!

>> No.3295251

woa

>> No.3295252

>>3295236

Um, no. Some of my friends are the same. A wonder of nature would be someone who HAS hair on the middle compartment of their index finger. Since you don't have that, shoo.

>> No.3295253

>>3295192
+1 to the no section. middle-index baldfag here.

>> No.3295256

It's because evolution favored those who did not die from frozen fingers.

>> No.3295261

>>3295247

LOL

I meant
>self-image

>> No.3295278

>>3295256

So evolution favoured those whose index fingers froze off?

Please read the OP before posting dumb stuff.

>> No.3295286

I have some very fine hair on the left index finger.
I lost it on the right when playing with fire.

>> No.3295297

>>3295286

Left index finger, middle compartment(second phalange)?

I'm not talking about the base compartment?

>> No.3295302

>>3295297

Yep.
I count 4 hairs. Very fine and small though.

>> No.3295310

>>3295219

From googling, I have concluded that human fingers are hairier than chimps' fingers (surprisingly) and so their fingers cannot be used for reference.

>> No.3295314

>>3295302

Perplexing. Do you live somewhere cold or are descended from people who lived somewhere cold? If not, then any possible reason for this to your knowledge?

>> No.3295316

I have hair there

>> No.3295324

I think there may be a correlation between this absence of hair and the fact that the index finger is vastly the most often used of our 10 digits....
What do you think?

>> No.3295328

>>3295314

UK - my ancestors heralded from Scotland.

Most males in my family are hairy.

>> No.3295336

>>3295324

I can't think of any actions that would require excessive contact with the back of the index fingers.

>> No.3295340

I have hair on both index middle phalanx.

It is less marked than the rest.

>> No.3295341

fuuu OP fuuu

>> No.3295342

>>3295324
our thumb rubs up against it often.
i don't have hair on any of my fingers in that region

>> No.3295350
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3295350

I have very fine hair on all of my fingers.

>> No.3295353

Weird. I thought I was the only one with this curiosity.

I come from fairly hairy genetics, and the middle of my index finger is completely bare. I assumed it was just another sign of me being a freak, like having one ear that looks like my mom's, and one ear that looks like my dad's.

Or having only one hitchhiker's thumb on the same side as my pointy ear.

Oh God, I'm an asymmetrical freak. Why are both my fingers bare?

>> No.3295357

I'm gonna stop doing this. If hair grows I'll take pics.

>> No.3295364

I'LL CONTACT THE PRESIDENT RIGHT AWAY OP

>> No.3295368

>>3295342

Dunno, when I do it, its difficult and awkward. You must have long thumbs.

>>3295328

Damn, I thought I was hairy.

>english, descedants irish, who were descedented from scottish

>>3295316

And do you live somewhere cold or are descedant from people who lived somewhere cold?

>> No.3295378

>>3295353

OP here. I have a hitchhiker's thumb on one side too! (It's also my least favourite thumb - it hurts more when i press it against hard stuff. I feel sorry for people who have them on both sides)

>> No.3295382

I have hair on my penis. And by penis I mean penis, not my balls.

>> No.3295394

3 hairs on my right hand, 2 on my left
"mid-digital hair" is pretty common, but I didn't know the index finger was another exception.
Most of the other dudes in my family are hairier than I am, now I'll have to look at their hands.

>> No.3295397

>>3295382

I have the same on the lower half of my penis. Do you have hair on the upper half?

>> No.3295396
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3295396

OP, your google fu is weak and needs practice !

Some people are studying *these* questions apparently:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9259882

http://www.ajol.info/index.php/njps/article/viewFile/54942/43421

>> No.3295408
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3295408

I count half-a-dozen hairs. The other fingers are definitely more noticeable.

I'm sure that someone could get a grant to look into this.

>> No.3295426

never change, /sci/

>> No.3295431

>>3295408

You can imagine my reaction to that picture just after reading the above post.

>> No.3295439

Hairy-as-fuck Swede here.
I have about 5 hairs on both hands in these areas. Definitely less than on my middle and ring fingers, about the same for my pinkies.
No camera, so I cannot provide pics.

>> No.3295454

Counting three straws of hair on my right index finger's middle... None on the left though.

>> No.3295513

>>3295454
And let me guess: you're..either...left handed or maybe right handed .. right?

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>>3295513
he seems to be prety much middle handed