Why Do Human's Have Fingernails? What evolutionary purpose do they serve?!?

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  • TaDoW
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    • Sep 2001
    • 3875

    #1

    Why Do Human's Have Fingernails? What evolutionary purpose do they serve?!?

    well??!?!??! WHY?!
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  • StuartD
    Sofa King Band
    • Jul 2002
    • 29903

    #2
    scratching?

    Actually, let me add to that...

    scratching for : removal of dead skin, stimulation to injured, irritated, infected areas.
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    • brizzad
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      • Jul 2003
      • 11769

      #3
      picking up dimes from flat surfaces

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      • myjah
        Back in the harbor
        • Sep 2003
        • 11482

        #4
        I have a book that says fingernails are for grasping, picking up, holding, and scratching.
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        • NickPapageorgio
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          • Apr 2004
          • 8323

          #5
          one word...boogers

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          • TaDoW
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            • Sep 2001
            • 3875

            #6
            Originally posted by myjah
            I have a book that says fingernails are for grasping, picking up, holding, and scratching.
            you actually needed a book for that?
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            • NaughtyJenn
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              • Apr 2003
              • 7355

              #7
              Originally posted by brizzad
              picking up dimes from flat surfaces
              fucken dimes! always on those flat surfaces :P

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              • Paul Markham
                Too old to care
                • Jun 2001
                • 52942

                #8
                Picking your nose.

                A more interesting question is, why do men have nipples?



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                • NickPapageorgio
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                  • Apr 2004
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
                  one word...boogers
                  And you couldn't just get away with one fingernail either. You need the thumbnail to get the top. The pointer and index for the shallow dig. The ring fingernail for gay dudes so they can hold up teh pinky and then the pinky for the deep gouging brain tug. Makes perfect sense to me.

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                  • baddog
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                    • Apr 2001
                    • 107089

                    #10
                    popping zits when you are a kid

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                    • slackologist
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                      • Jul 2002
                      • 2379

                      #11
                      men don't need nipples.. (breast-feeding, etc) but they have them.. there's alot of things humans have but don't need.

                      hands are what we use most.. fingers are most prominent.. for protection? -- i guess similar to any animal that has claws?

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                      • KRL
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                        • Oct 2002
                        • 31429

                        #12
                        I'd imagine when we were all apes way back when the finger nails were claws. Through eons of evolution we no longer needed them as much and they mutated to what they are today.



                        That's the Guinness Book World's Longest Fingernails record holder.

                        What the hell does he does when he gets an ear or ass itch to deal with?



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                        • TaDoW
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
                          And you couldn't just get away with one fingernail either. You need the thumbnail to get the top. The pointer and index for the shallow dig. The ring fingernail for gay dudes so they can hold up teh pinky and then the pinky for the deep gouging brain tug. Makes perfect sense to me.
                          sometimes when I have a cold, or when my allergies are really going and my nose is running like crazy, I like to shove my pinky into my nose up to the 2nd knuckle.... I guess it's kinda like fisting.
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                          • myjah
                            Back in the harbor
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 11482

                            #14
                            Originally posted by TaDoW
                            you actually needed a book for that?
                            well apparently it was you who needed a book for that...just happened to have one that indicates the reason for alot of things that we sometimes find not so useful but that really are.

                            didn't you ask the question?
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                            • NickPapageorgio
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                              • Apr 2004
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                              #15
                              Here is the real question. What good are toenails other than to rip the fuck off when you jam em under a door or something in the dark.

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                              • slackologist
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                                • Jul 2002
                                • 2379

                                #16
                                almost begs the question.. are people with weak nails further along an evolution path than those with strong nails..

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                                • TaDoW
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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by myjah
                                  well apparently it was you who needed a book for that...just happened to have one that indicates the reason for alot of things that we sometimes find not so useful but that really are.

                                  didn't you ask the question?

                                  hey hey hey EEAAASY THERE TIGER. one insult at a time.
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                                  • Morgan
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                                    • May 2002
                                    • 10520

                                    #18
                                    to make limpys hurt worse
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                                    • TaDoW
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
                                      Here is the real question. What good are toenails other than to rip the fuck off when you jam em under a door or something in the dark.
                                      ROFLMAO!!!!
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                                      • TaDoW
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                                        • 3875

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by slackologist
                                        almost begs the question.. are people with weak nails further along an evolution path than those with strong nails..
                                        or bald men for that matter??
                                        -TaDoW

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                                        • myjah
                                          Back in the harbor
                                          • Sep 2003
                                          • 11482

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by TaDoW
                                          hey hey hey EEAAASY THERE TIGER. one insult at a time.
                                          okay, I'll try to slow it down
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                                          • newsdude
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                                            • Apr 2004
                                            • 1969

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by KRL


                                            Awesome fingernails! I bet she doesn't do anything at all!
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                                            • brizzad
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                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 11769

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by NaughtyJenn
                                              fucken dimes! always on those flat surfaces :P

                                              finally someone who understands!

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                                              • Spunky
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                                                • Jun 2002
                                                • 133978

                                                #24
                                                To protect your finger tips

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                                                • Big Fish 47
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                                                  • Jun 2003
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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by brizzad
                                                  picking up dimes from flat surfaces
                                                  That was too funny!

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                                                  • Mikey_219Inc
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                                                    • Jun 2003
                                                    • 1876

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by spunky1
                                                    To protect your finger tips
                                                    ill have to go with this answer.

                                                    but they are also good for fingerpickin on a guitar, backscratching a babe, vice versa, and nipples - charly, i personally like mine licked while receiving a nice handjob, to answer your question.
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                                                    • sake
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                                                      • Apr 2002
                                                      • 2648

                                                      #27
                                                      to break up weed..

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                                                      • pure energy
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                                                        • Apr 2004
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                                                        #28
                                                        For scratching!
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                                                        • Zoe_Zoebaboe
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                                                          #29
                                                          To claw backs.

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                                                          • the Shemp
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                                                            • Nov 2001
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                                                            #30
                                                            i dont have fingernails and i dont miss them.
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                                                            • Shoehorn!
                                                              Die With Your Boots On
                                                              • Oct 2003
                                                              • 22872

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by KRL
                                                              I'd imagine when we were all apes way back when the finger nails were claws. Through eons of evolution we no longer needed them as much and they mutated to what they are today.



                                                              That's the Guinness Book World's Longest Fingernails record holder.

                                                              What the hell does he does when he gets an ear or ass itch to deal with?



                                                              hmmmm could have fun with these below ....

                                                              Oh man, I remember seeing that guy on the TV show they had awhile ago. Apparantly his hand is permanantly deformed now because of that, and he has to wake up like every 2 hours to change his position so he doesn't break a nail. Crazy.

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                                                              • goBigtime
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                                                                • Nov 2002
                                                                • 7761

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by charly
                                                                Picking your nose.

                                                                A more interesting question is, why do men have nipples?
                                                                Inside joke from god to let us know he knew we would eventually be bored enough to impregnate men?

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                                                                • goBigtime
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                                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                                  • 7761

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by sake
                                                                  to break up weed..

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                                                                  • reynold
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                                                                    • Oct 2002
                                                                    • 51271

                                                                    #34
                                                                    To leave their marks behind!

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                                                                    • xNetworx
                                                                      So Fucking What
                                                                      • Jan 2004
                                                                      • 14445

                                                                      #35
                                                                      To remove dingleberries

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                                                                      • newsdude
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                                                                        • 1969

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Aside from scratching, picking nose is next on the list!
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                                                                        • bhutocracy
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                                                                          • Dec 2001
                                                                          • 10218

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by charly

                                                                          A more interesting question is, why do men have nipples?
                                                                          Because nature is generally very efficient. Males and females share the same basic template, hormones just form what happens to them.
                                                                          For instance a penis is very similiar to a vagina in everything but shape, they form from a central efficient design, thats why when a woman takes testosterone her clit gets bigger like a little dick.

                                                                          Kind of the same thing with nipples, they're not something that is to our detriment so it's better to both have them than have a an additional extra function to create them only in women... they're just leftovers from the "template"

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                                                                          • xclusive
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                                                                            • Apr 2004
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                                                                            #38
                                                                            something to bite when nervouse

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                                                                            • pure energy
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              to tap when nervous
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                                                                              • blonde_8420001
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                to apply fake nails to for that really cheezy fake nail look, therefore giving many immagrants many jobs to fill and businesses to open :P
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