• Question: Will humans ever adapt to have extra large thumbs for texting?

    Asked by anon-199021 to Gautam on 13 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Gautam Kambhampati

      Gautam Kambhampati answered on 13 Mar 2019:


      Hm… interesting question! Maybe better to ask a biologist, but these are my thoughts.

      Evolution happens because some characteristics are better for having more children. If it doesn’t affect that, then it won’t matter if you have extra large thumbs, even if it makes it easier to text!

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