Time to wake up eh, I read the headline as "Why Apple Baked out of India".
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I seem to remember John Smart talking about "developmental optimum" that evolution settles into. The eye most people get, having one doesn't give stereo vision, and three is redudant so the extra requirements of having a third eye get pared out over time.
There are also some reasons having five fingers having to do with gripping a rock so it could be thrown accurately at ninety miles an hour. Get a pack of hairy men all throwing at a single predator/prey and they've got a serious problem. Our thowing abilities aren't too important today, granted, but consider how much engineering and design work would need to be completely redone to accomadate a couple extra digits. Sad to see this sensational article completely ignore the body of reasearch in this area.
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Time to wake up eh, I read the headline as "Why Apple Baked out of India".
I seem to remember John Smart talking about "developmental optimum" that evolution settles into. The eye most people get, having one doesn't give stereo vision, and three is redudant so the extra requirements of having a third eye get pared out over time. There are also some reasons having five fingers having to do with gripping a rock so it could be thrown accurately at ninety miles an hour. Get a pack of hairy men all throwing at a single predator/prey and they've got a serious problem. Our thowing abilities aren't too important today, granted, but consider how much engineering and design work would need to be completely redone to accomadate a couple extra digits. Sad to see this sensational article completely ignore the body of reasearch in this area.