Ask Mike: What Does the Little Toe “Do”?
Hey Guys,
What’s the purpose of the little toe? What about armpit hair? Why do we have finger nails? Do eyelashes actually “do” anything? If you’re anything like me, these are the sorts of questions that you’ve been meaning to find answers to, but never seem to get around to it. Today, with the help of Yahoo! Answers, I set out to find some answers.
First up, the little toe. Some folks believe that, eventually, the little toe will go away because it’s no longer needed. Others would disagree and state that it plays a pretty important role in keeping people balanced. But if that’s the case, why are little toes so small?
Is armpit hair supposed to keep us warm? I consulted Yahoo! Answers and found a variety of theories. Some say it helps absorb sweat. Another responder writes that armpit hair helped people identify each other through scent back in the day. And another community member writes that underarm hair helps keep skin from getting irritated. Any other ideas?
Now, on to the fingernails. Calimecita writes that fingernails “offer protection to the finger while at the same time enabling manipulation of objects with our fingertips.” If you think about it, all mammals have some sort of nails. Some are called claws and some are called hooves, but they all serve the same basic purpose.
Finally, there are the eyelashes. They look nice, but what do they do? As it turns out, they do quite a lot. Not only do they keep dust and debris out of your eyes, they also help diffuse direct light. And, as one responder notes, they can be “fluttered” to attract the attention of prospective mates. You can read more here.
Of course, many of the above theories are just that… theories. Do you have your own ideas on why we have armpit hair or eyelashes? Are there other questions like these that keep you awake? If so, leave a comment below and maybe we can get ‘em answered.
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I THINK LIKE MIKE SAID THE LITTLE TOE DOES PLAY A PART IN OUR BALANCE,WITHOUT IT WED BE WOBBLING ALL OVER THE PLACE.AS FOR OUR EYELASHES? THEY KEEP THE DUST AND DIRT PARTCLES FROM GOING INTO OUR EYES,YOU MIGHT SAY THEYRE FILTERS FOR THE EYES.
About armpit hair’s purpose of absorbing sweat….hmm…I just don’t see why we would need to absorb sweat in the first place. Sweat is meant to cool us off so why would we want it absorbed? And even if one argued that it would be absorbed so that…i dunno..we wouldn’t be so wet or we wouldn’t stink as much…lol..i mean in terms of surviving in the wild, that would not be a crucial necessity (to not stink). Just my opinion…
Pretty good questions. Let’s see…
Little toe-there to make feet have 10 toes as hands have 10 fingers. Or maybe ppl who use their feet for things need the help of that little toe. And if we did get rid of it, the the next in line would be a little toe, do u want to eliminate all of them? hehe
Arm pit hair- Even tho I do think it’s sometimes gross, it helps a man feel he has reach puberty, and differenciates them from women. And in sweden I think the men love it when a woman doesn’t shave, or where is that?
Finger nails- Like one said to protect the nail it’s self, to scratch yourself, to pick your nose (I know its gross but some ppl do it), I use mine to open things and pick off labels, etc. Not to mention women love to paint them to look nice, it make s a woman feel good about herself.
Eyelashes- I agree in all ways. I like to bat mine =] And if they didn’t have fake eyelashes what would the drag queens do? lol
~Great points
the pinky toe keeps your balence so you wont fall
My science teacher said that people are being born without toes becuase the big toe keeps our balance and it is the biggest toe. the small toe really doesnt do anything since its so small and ayelashes do keep particles out of our eyes. and i dont know about armpit hair
Little Toe:I believe that the little toe is there to help us balance. God was smart when he created us, huh? Anyway, here’s what the Wiki had to say:
The little toe is absolutely useless. Popular belief has led people to believe that the little toe is used for balancing, this is incorrect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_toe
Armpit Hair:I believe it is there to keep bacteria out. Once again, the Wiki’s idea will be presented:
It has been suggested that the hair itself acts with a natural “anti-friction” quality between the upper arm and the thorax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armpit_hair
Fingernails:I think pretty much everyone knows that they’re there to protect our nails (and be painted!). However, let’s listen to Wiki anyway:
Anatomically fingernails and toenails, which are made of a tough protein called keratin and are produced from living skin cells in the fingers and toes. (It doesn’t say what they’re used for)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingernails
Eyelashes:They are used, in my opinion, to protect our eyes from dust and debris. Also, they look great with mascara! In Wiki’s opinion:
Eyelashes protect the eye from debris and perform some of the same function as whiskers do on a cat or a mouse in the sense that they are sensitive to being touched, thus providing a warning that an object (such as an insect or dust mite) is near the eye (which is then closed reflexively).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyelashes
So there is mine AND wiki’s opinion on every single subject you wondered about!
I agree Janet! lol
I like my little toes,they do help our balance. Eyelashes help our looks as well as protecting our eyes. As for armpit hair, why do we have hair any where except for our head? Women shave under their arms, why not men?
finger nails protect the tops of ur finger from getting dirt or infections. and when we get itchy they help scrath away the itch. ;]
Wow what a great mind you have. Your mama must be proud.
what is a beard for or a mustache like yeah it sometimes look nice but does it serve a purpose?
What about our hair on our head. People are bald… So whats the purpose of it..?
I Heard that if you dont have eyelashes you turn blind….but IDK…And withought the nails we would have pure meat ewww……and the little toe umm i just dont know its just part of your feet some people are even born with 6 foot fingers!!!
One reason the little toe is so small is that we make it that way. We have this habit of stuffing our feet into these articles called “shoes.” As a result, hardly anyone makes it to puberty without some foot deformation.
Compare the toes of a preschool child to those of an adult, and you’ll see what i mean.
Thank you RickySTT, I also dislike stuffing my feet into shoes. Maybe now I wont put shoes on my children and let them decide if they want to wear them, however, most children love putting shoes on.
I wonder about hair growing in ears, it does not start out there, yet, when ( Mostly ) Men get older, they start growing mass amounts of hair from their ears. Why?
My son was born with one extra little toe on his right foot. Does that mean he de-evolved? We had it removed. Was that evolution?
Fingernails offer support for the tip of the finger, with out them, it would be hard to type or hold stuff. It holds the skin in place. Its like a staple and a spine at the same time. Your right about eye lashes. And believe it or not, you would have a very hard time balancing with out your little toe. Its like a sensor which tells you how your standing.
I don’t know if I agree with the little toe being used for balance. My sister does not have a big toe and she balances just fine. the big toe is supposed to be for balance, not the little toe, and if you can do it w/out the big toe, you can certainly do it w/out the little one. I for one would have been glad to not have had a little toe, as many time as I have stubbed it, it’s a wonder it has not came off already.
re: The little toe. Methinks it might be used as more of a “sensor” rather than walking or standing. How much the little toe bends one way or the other may send clues to our brain as to our state of balance. Unlike the big toe which helps propel ourselves forward, the little toe may not have much to do with propulsion.
The little toe is crucial to balance on the lateral plane of the foot. Like the big toe it has a protrusion where the metatarsal (long bones in the mid-foot) meet the phalanges (toe bones) providing a stable, yet flexible base which spreads under spreads under pressure. Without that area there is more likelihood that the foot would roll in the lateral plane and ankle sprains would be more common.
ok why are you asking these weird questions?
Has anyone noticed where the densest hair on our bodies tends to grow? In limb friction points.
Hair in these places naturally keeps the opposing skin surfaces from sticking to each other. Ever shave anything and then regret it because the chafing made you miserable? That’s why hair persists in these areas, even on the most generally hairless persons on the planet (the odd mutation notwithstanding).
Try it out. Shave an armpit. Once the irritation from shaving goes away (if it ever gets a chance), do something that makes your arms move closely against your body. Jog somewhere; wear a sleeveless shirt. Friction, then chafing. Sweat does provide a little lubrication, but only periodically — and it can become an irritant. You will experience discomfort. Other places are even more sensitive to hair removal (he says, tactfully).
From a Darwinian perspective, uncomfortable animals are at a disadvantage. Thus, the armpit hair (and other strategically placed hair) persists.
Oh, right — the fingernail thing. Besides the things listed already, the fingernail provides one other really important function.
It distributes the pressure placed on the fingertips so your fingertip bones don’t hurt the fleshy pads of your fingertips.
Ever trim a nail way back — too far back? Ever notice that the fleshy bit at the end of your finger rolls uncomfortably back over the shortened nail? Ouch, huh?
Due to an accident, I lost the nail on my right index finger for a while. Poking things with that finger was very uncomfortable until the nail grew back in. Any of you who have whacked a finger with a hammer or stubbed a toe so hard the nail turned black and fell off (…woozy with recollection…) will remember the same issue. Some of that discomfort wasn’t entirely from the wound — some of it was pressure induced because your fingertip lost it’s backboard.
If our knees hinged in the opposite direction, what would a chair look like?
Hi Mike,
Very interesting blog & questions. For the most part, I agree with what’s already stated.
Eyelashes do do quite a lot. Our eyes would be damaged beyond belief without them. Additionally, many beauty companies would lose a good chunk of profits.
The little toe is indeed (to the best of my knowledge) for balance. Our foot is slightly “rounded” per say, close to the toe area. The toes (even the little one) are somewhat flat supports, hence the balance.
The armpit hair has me stumped, though.Judging my the large amount of people with the dreaded pit stains, the sweat absorbtion theory is disproved. If it was to originally identify scent, then, like many other characteristics of animals throughout the years, wouldn’t that have vanished upon it’s misuse? As for skin irritation prevention, if this were the case, wouldn’t all of our body be covered with much more hair? You got me on this one, Mike.
Fingernails; I’d say Cali just about summed it up. Nails are vital protection for our fingers. They also prove invaluable in lifting things. But in addition, after giving it some thought, fingernails/claws provide good defense, especially so in animals. Not to sway off the topic of human nails, but many animal’s claim to fame in the ferocity department can be attributed to claws. As with the eyelashes, the lack of them would also hurt beauty companies.
The blog’s great as always.
And congrats to Cali for making the blog!
~ABBA Cadabra
i agree with mike
to abba cadabra: we still have an appendix (i think its the right name, but humans dont use em anymore) so things dont always just disappear….
The armpit hair actually helps to desperse your scent. Before the age of deoderants and aftershave, underarm hair would have #1 prevented the skin of the underarms from rubbing and chaffing during long daily hikes and #2 allowed the scnet of the person to be spread more widely. Some resaerch has already been shown that the more dominant a person is the more their sweat will affect other people.
Case in point: The sweat of hte most dominant woman in a group can actually force the menstral cycles off all other women to alter to be in line with hers. Therefore all women go into ovulation in approximately the same time frame (yes, creepy but true).
With men the sweat of a dominant man can actually affect the testosterone levels of other men (you could then infer it might also affect their aggession levels).
Addtionally, a woman can sniff a man’s underarm sweat (when it is not bacteria ridden and stinky) and tell if he is a good potential mate. A man with a more dissimilar genetic blueprint for his immune system (i.e. a stranger or more distant relative) will smell more sexually appealing than a man with the same or similar genetic blueprint for his immune system (i.e. a sibling, parent or close relative). So love at first sight might be a myth but love at first sniff may not be!
So go gorilla men! Let that armpit hair lure in the perfect babe… LOL!
So i think da pinky toe does play an important role for one bc im pretty sure it keeps us balanced
and secondly i dont kno who else can do this but
i can move my my pinky toe by it self from right to left and up and down which no one else i kno can do
since most ppl wen dey move there toes they move all of them..so u can say its like i have “monkey feet”
lol have fun
I think the little toe is little because it is not used as much so there was no reason for it evolutionary to get big and strong like other filanges (especially true for hands and the pinky finger)
why are there five toes though? an evolutionary randomness that became pervasive enough like everything else (two eyes vs three and etc)
I think all the toes were connected at one point and we were had web-feet like the bat or like fins on fish. Then humans evolved and the toes became like that because there were no need for the webs and so the toes separated by evolution. Because we learn to walk and the toes began separating slowly but surely. I think all skin is able to grow hair, some parts of the skin can grown hair better than most, but I think the early man were very hairy or furry like bats, but as he got to start wearing clothes and cover up his private parts, and his head with hats to shield from the sun, all the covered parts were growing hair and stuff. and also like the fingernails and toenails, i think man use to have claws like bats , but we evolved, and our claw retracted into our skin and became nails instead of claws. and also, the eyelids are like the bats, because bats have eyelids that protect their eyes from stuff..anyways, i love bats
As an Anthropologist, I would say the reason humans have fingernails is because we among our other primate relatives all had a common ancestor who had claws. Human’s claws have receded to the point that they are just nails for now. Some other primates have lost claws too, with the exception of a grooming claw on each hand.
I believe that the little toe plays a big role in balance. If you even try walking with the little toe up you can feel the loss of balance.
Mike
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We do need that little toe for balance, it is just the right size, especially since we have evolved to wear shoes, and fits better.
Eyelashes protect out eyes from stuff getting in them, and I believe shade the eye as well.
Our fingernails not only protect (sheild) our fingers, but they are also a tool we use more than we realize, I think if we had to go a day with no fingernails this would become very evident.
Armpit hair….yuck….I do believe the intention of armpit hair is to insulate us, to help regulate our natural thermostats, this is logical because we have very active sweat glands in our arm pitts as well, but her, I shave it all off and I don’t miss it a bit!
Hello,
Well i know finger nails actully cover the never endings of our fingers. They are almost like little hard shells over our nerves to prevent us from injuring our selfs by touching them!
Haha. That was an interesting read!
liked the blog mike
It’s funny that you posted that one about armpit hair. Because about 3 hours ago, I asked the exact same question of my boyfriend. He guessed that it is to keep us warm, but I am rather dissatisfied with this and the other answers, a little grossed out by the one about smelling eachother. You and I would get along I think, asking those weird questions no one else cares about. XD
I dont think there is any purpose of a little toe as such, but the little toe bone goes right down the foot and plays a major role in balancing.
Underarm hair…hmm…i suppose it is there to keep is warm, because there is a major artery there so the blood that passes should be kept warm.
Did you know that when people starve themslves, after a few weeks the body produces more hair on their bodies to keep them warm? Im not takling about thick coarse hair but just slightly noticable hairs on their arms and such. Weird huh?
sounds good but because of the accepted nature of evolution it’s highly unlikely that three toed mutants could ever gain leverage to out survive the present four toed status . what air pit hair does is grow in the armpit and if it were so useful people wouldn’t shave their armpits . Just as women who puck their eye brows one could probably do just fine without the showy lashes speaking of which some one once told mean finger nails and eyebrows are made of nearly the same thing so why don’t we have finger lashes and eye nails (visors) . Either god or evolution may have had some intention or chance play or maybe even genetic design from some distant unbefore seen distant highly advance space creature from unother universe or dimension. after all DNA doesn’t actually have the inate intelligence to think only after all the integral parts form a brain can thought and design be possible . food for thought at any rate.
little toes are useless now that we have evolved a little. i do not think we evolved from apes, but i do think we used to be more “apelike” and our feet used to be a little more dexterous then they are today.
fingernails are actually used to grip things, as they are too blunt to fight with and too soft to provide protection. we use them for traction and digging. (not anymore however)
armpit hair is simply because we used to be hairy… simple. why we haven’t lost it is beyond me…
Little Toe- The reason that humans grew little toes is said to be becuase just like other mamals we needed them to climb up trees and dig. Why it is so small is so that it can dig into the little cracks of trees. Though they arnt now humans little toes used to be very strong just like our fingers.
Arm Pit hair- It insulates the inside of your arm pit making you sweat. The sweat seeps into the pores of your skin and mixes with bacteria to create a sent usually called pharamones… Though we think it smells bad to the opposite sex it smells good.
Finger nails- Used for picking into at little spaces and to protect the end of thin ligaments on our body. If we didnt have finger nails most of our fingers would most likely be stubs right now.
Eyelashes- not only help keep debris out of eyes but help direct sunlight to your retina and reduces the rate at which the moister on your eye evaporates.
Our eyelashes prevent dust particles from falling into our eyes (I know, I know, dust still gets in there)…
Nails are needed to protect the ends of our fingers, preventing injury and for self defense. How many times have you heard of cats scratching people?
And yeah…stuffing our toes into tight shoes leaves no other option for the little toe but to get littler and littler.
It will supposedly disappear through evolution.
The little toe is for balance, and is small only because of genes and shoes. Eyelashes are obvious – they keep dust and other matter out of our eyes. When sweat drips from our foreheads onto our eyelashes, we feel it and wipe it away before it goes into our eyes. Armpit hair provides anti-friction between our upper thorax and arm, same with pubic hair.
Actually I broke my little toe once (dropped a 16 ft. ladder on it) and I was on crutches for 2 weeks. I have come to appreciate the little toe.
Armpit hair, like so many other human and animal traits, have more than one use. One of the most important is: it provides a barrier where our skin rubs against itself, to prevent chaffing. The same is true of the hair between our legs. Way back in the day, running long distances was a common way to commute.
note: you’ll notice certain types of body hair grow in regions where there’s a concentration of hormones. Just an observation.
As for the armpit hair, I think they are to keep the skin from rubbing too much onto each other.
The little toe is useless unless you like to tiptoe a lot, use it to pick up things or press buttons and levers with it. If you lose both of your little toes, you would have more than enough to compensate for it. The only toes that matter are the big toes, and “all the other” toes.
The fingernails and eyelashes are never useless.
Rather than eyelashes, what about eyebrows? They’re usually never long enough to cover anything but the brows and some people even shave them and they don’t go blind or anything.
Mike deletes the comments he doesn’t like. That’s why you only see three here.
I don’t understand why we have a tail bone, and why we don’t grow new teeth when we lose one. Why some people are pretty and some are ugly, I am ugly but not too bad I guess, some man did marry me and our girls are beautiful. Well, maybe not ugly, so much as just plain.
I disagree that our toes are from deformity. Here’s my theory. Our hands and our feet are some what in the same formation. Each digit has a purpose. Our toes are similar to our fingers and thumbs. When you curl your fingers in toward your palm (as if you’re playing the piano or typing) your finger tips are somewhat even going across. It would be an awkward grasp. if the little finger was longer. The little toe would also be out of sync or balance if it were longer.
For some Fetish Fun, Duhhhh
Little Toe is for Picking nose and eyelash is created for eyelasher manufactures to earn huge money from all of Women!! (It’s true!)
But it is also true for eyelash’s useage is protecting our eye from dust!!!
While i appreciate the reasons giving above for why we have Armpit Hair, Nails and Eyelashes could someone pls explain to me why men have Beard and Moustache while women don’t. What purpose does it serve in men?
hey I just want to say one thing. as far as I know all the little toe is good for is catching something in the middle of the knight and bringing you tones of pain when you stub it just making you want to yell F@*K. thats all I wanted to say
Hey Mike i have a good one that i can’t seem to figure out. Why do men have nipples?
Those questions are kind of gross……..I’m not going to answer those…
answer my questions please. they’re better than yours. haha
random but it was really good
Little toes are not relevant to the ballance as I have discovered having had the little & next & toe next to big toe removed over the last 6 years.
However without the big toe ballance is very difficult.
Why the toe next to the pinky? Why not four toes (and fingers) like the Simpsons?
Why do we get more hair in our ears and on our backs as we get older? What do we need THAT for?
AND fingernails – we’ve evolved to the point where our claws have changed to fingernails but in every city there are dozens of shops that can put the claws back on for you.
finger nails are just another way to get dead cells out of your body.
Hi! The little toe keeps us from falling over. We are not totally flat footed and it is an important part of our ‘rolling’ step; look at the way chimpanzees move on two legs. The armpit hair still baffles me, I ‘m afraid; maybe it’s a way of diffusing heat rather than keeping us warm?!
this little piggy went to market….little toe contains shopping gene….
I think pit hair is there to prevent friction or irritation from motion, that is the case with pubic hair…
I armpit hair is so necessary to our bodies, why do women shave it off?
The big and little toes are our balancing toes…….without either one of these a person needs extensive physical therapy and retraining to gain their balance back
I wish that we didn’t have armpit hair..
i am led to believe that all our “toes” frm big one to little one are very necessary for balance. me, I luv feet. would not want to give any of them away and as far as masage is concerned, i am noted as very good at givin and good at receivin
Well the little toe was previously used for balance by our ancestors. However, it is a vestigial structure in the body. We do not use it for balance anymore. It could vanish at any moment if there is but a slight change in the DNA sequence. Another structure of the human body that we do not use is the tail bone. This is also a vestigial structure that contributed to balance. We do not use that either however. Its as if they are simply there to annoy us. They will most likely disappear within the next million years.
One theory is that in the next few generations, the little toe will become nothing more than a nub, because man has learned through time to balance on eight toes. THe theory goes that eventually man may only have eight toes.
Sort of like the appendix and YA staff. When not useful it just kind of goes away.
The little toe definitely helps with balance. This guy i know had his little toe cut off for medical reasons and he said ever since his balance has been off. His little toe on the left foot got cut off and he says he feels he’s falling to the left. His body does kinda lean that way now.
My question is: What purpose does the appendix really serve?
nothing
Wow..
Biology isn’t a required class in Highschool anymore?
I know that eyelashes clean dust and micro-debris off of the eye. Basically every time you blink (which is on average every ten seconds) You are basically sweeping your eyes.
What is the purpose of eyebrows? Can they be made thicker with some sort of hair product conditioner like Pantene or the like?
hi mike,
how are you .your presentation is very nice .why you are asking this type of question ;what do you think you did not tell that .are these bothering you ,if anything bothering u among thses are mentioned by you just remove it .i think already maximum of among the things(u mentioned) is already used by you which is necessary; but you do not know .you can taste it which is necessary & which is not by making you the experimental subject on this issue.do not take it otherwise.thanks…….
I already know that the eyelashes do serve as a filter. I read about a woman who was in an accident and her eyelashes and their roots were burned off and she always has trouble seeing, she rarely goes out.
The Little Toe Is For Balance * will always be there*
Eyelashes actually catch dander / dust from going into our eyes
Armpit hair is actually from the ice age, and as generations continue to grow, we might not have it anymore
And
“Now, on to the fingernails. Calimecita writes that fingernails “offer protection to the finger while at the same time enabling manipulation of objects with our fingertips.” Thats true
A little less conversation
A little more action please
I’d have to disagree about the little toe going away eventually. If you’re referring to natural selection/evolution it isn’t going to happen. In such theories, if an organism has a enetic mutation which allows them to live better, they have a better chance of survival, live longer and thus reproduce more; this enables the offispring to have chance to have the same mutation etc. It today’s world, no one’s little toe makes a difference in survival or reproduction, and would not be a dominate gene.
All in all, even if the little toe was useless, we humans will always have them.
You say all mammals’ nails serve a pretty similar purpose, but actually theyre very different, some mammals, such as cats, use their nails (claws) for slashing and grabbing, Dogs and wolves seem to use their claws for grip, and horses use their hooves for protection of their feet… well actually they just about are their feet. Humans use their fingernails for protection and for manipulating small objects/applying pressure, and the toenails are mainly for protection.
It goes wee,wee,wee allthe way home.
Well i dont know about much of the other stuff but i do know that eyelashes are to protect your eyes from things such as sun dust etc..
as far as the armpit hair, if u look at babies’ armpits,even when theyre cleaned and all, they look kind od reddish, like if theyre irritated. and the skin looks sensitve in a way. so the theory that armpit hair helps prevent some types of infection can be true. thats my thought on that.
and the little toe is for balance and incase noone has heard, supposedly, our pinkies will be gone in the future also. but who knows for sure!!
also, we’d all be in alot of pain without fingernails, dont u think?!! imagine the pain when u break a nail and sumthing brushes against or hits ur finger in the spot where ur nail used to be. now think of having that pain 24/7 ur whole life!! NOT VERY NICE!!
In some cultures, the eyelashes are used in the same way that others use lips. As you mentioned ‘fluttering’, in some cultures, instead of kissing like some people do, they ‘flutter’ their eyelash against another person’s ‘fluttering’ eyelash.
I have a few comments, the appendix was to keep raw meat from poisoning our ancestors, the nails also offer a way to get dead skin off (scraching).
Eyelashes:
ur dead on. They’re used to keep dust out of our eyes
Fingernails:
I believe they help protect our fingers. Also, our ape ancestors need these nails, which were a lot longer on them, to grip onto branches. I think we still have them because evolution has not caused them to go away yet
the little toe helps you have good balance
So then people who have to learn to walk again when they lose their little toe is all in their head? I guess that is what Wiki wants us to believe, seriously give me a medical document in a case like that. Don’t give me Wiki. Either that or explain why people need to learn to walk and gain their balance again when they lose their little toe. Fair enough you can learn to walk again, but clearly you need it for balance.
Fingernails are used for two main purposes. First, they protect our very delicate fingers. Fingers are filled with nerves; that’s why it hurts so much more to prick your finger than your arm or leg. These nerves allow us to have a very good sense of texture, to the point of identifying objects solely by touch; but they make the finger very susceptible to the smallest injury. The hard covering serves as protection from that, at least from some of that.
Secondly, fingers serve as the equivalent as claws in other creatures; though not as powerful, they still serve a variety of uses. Primates serve as a great example; their ability to scratch and grip at things serves every purpose from climbing to self-cleaning to food collection.
I think that the fingernail’s purpose is to scratch and grab things because you can grow them pretty long. I don’t think it’s for protection because what kind of protection is it when the majority of your fingertip doesn’t have fingernail protection. Also if you smash your finger in something, the fingernail wont help at all.
I dont think that underarm hair even has a purpose because before my underarms even got hair, my skin was never irritated. Many women shave their armpits and the one’s I’ve been around don’t complain from irritation.
I think everything else is head on though.
your little toe helps people to balance. if it wasnt there, people would fall over
I dont think we need a little toe, its just there. Personally I hate mine. We have 4 other toes, Im sure we can balance with those. NOt only that but they are ugly most of the time it is rare to see a cute lil toe. And they hurt, when you wear nice shoes.
About the Armpit hair, sure it probably has a purpose, but women take it off anyway! so it doesnt matter. If its so necessary why are we forced to remove it, or else ” it looks bad” that goes for leg hair, arm hair, facial hair, body hair in general. If it was my choice, id only have my hair on my head my eyebrows, and my eyelashes. (As a girl ofcourse.) The rest would be removed. Dont get me wrong I love hair on a man, like a moustache, and gottie, but chest hair back hair, not too mention butt hair eww! Oh and whats up with the little hair that grows on your toes! ugh.. so many questions.
actlually if u think about not ALL mammals have fingernails look it up whales=mamals
mammals without fingernails= whales etc.
With armpit hair, I heard that the follicles create a scent that attracts the other sex. Thats why it comes with puberty, when the person is able to reproduce.
Very cute question – Makes me think about why God did create these seemingly unnecessary niceties — yet aren’t they appreciated. Five is a good number it seems for toes and fingers/thumb. Balance is definitely in the mix. Even the tailbone, gallbladder, island of langerhans, and tonsils, and just look at all the nice hormones we have in a healthy balanced person – testosterone, estrogen, pituitary, thymus, thyroid, progesterone.
I found out when I was going thru menopause how essential all these are, not necessarily in great quantity but in balance with each other. I bled constantly for over 6 months & regular docs couldn’t figure me out nor stop it. I went to a chiropractor who did contact reflex analysis and he determined I needed just a little pituitary to help regulate my hormones. The bleeding stopped overnight. By the way, I only use natural. I am not synthetic so why should I put synthesized pharm drugs into a healthy (but wearing out) natural body?
Then how about a new body – I thank Jesus who is the author of all life and through his death on the cross and resurrection he has accomplished the task he set out to do and paid the price for sin. That’s what Jesus does for me. It’s funny but I don’t have much armpit hair or leg hair. I guess that dwindles with dwindling estrogen?? Maybe I’ll Y Answers that~
Mrs.C
also, why do guys have nipples?
In that past people needed these things armpit hair to stay warm [they didnt have heaters} and they used nails like some aniamls do today. I think that the eyelashe thing is correct though and dont they protect us alittle bit from the sun too? Some of these things got passed on through our genes but I dont think we really need them anymore.
I understand eyelashes just fine. Their purpose seems straight-forward. It’s the eyebrows that puzzle me. They seem much more useless. I can only imagine maybe to keep sweat that’s rolling down our foreheads from dripping into our eyes…?
Scientifically speaking, pedro has reversed the order of the toes, the digiti minimi pedis (little toe) goes “wee-wee-wee ” all the way home. (Oui-Oui-Oui for French pigs).
i agree that fingernails are needed for the manitpulation of objects (which comes in handy and i dont think will be leaving us anytime soon b/c we use them so often) but wasnt it also true that “cavemen” walked on all fours? so they would have been good for traction, which is why i believe toe nails are necessary. some people think they’re just there to put paint on them, but as i think about it, the really help when you are running. it might not seem like much, but there is some traction given from toenails and i think if we didnt have them, it would be much harder to not only run, but walk and climb. when my toe nail on my right big toe came off (long story…) it took me a LONG time to get used to it not being there, it was harder to walk and it’s weird running b/c theres nothing there to grip the ground, for my big toe anyway.
Since when do dolphins and whales have claws or hooves?
what about “personal” hair? what does that do?
I read somewhere that eyebrows are actually to keep sweat out of our eyes.
You forgot to ask one…what’s that grey matter between my ears for?
Your friends told you over and over not to drop out of high school.
I know that eyelashes also help people see better. That’s why you can sometimes see things only when you squint your eyes. Your eyes don’t really see the way you think they do. Light actually comes in through your eyes and is it’s all “messed up”. There are black spots every where and the picture comes in upside down. It’s the brains job to fill in the black spots and turn the picture right side up. The brain does the same for the eyelashes covering your view, it guesses what’s behind the eyelashes. Pretty cool.
I have already gone through menopause and when that happened I quit growing hair under my arms and another area. I really can’t say why because I don’t know. Has to be something to do with hormones!
The little toe toe is meant for balance. Eyelashes are meant to collect dust so it does not enter your eyes.
Fingernails can be used to determine some of a persons health-ex. color.
And armpit hair is to absorb sweat and body smell.
well… about the fingernails: in all honesty, we use them every day too. not just our ancestors and other animals. think about it. when you’re untying a knot or something, you use your fingernails to get a more accurate grip on it and stuff. also, if you have a little itch or whatever, you scratch yourself with them. they’re PERFECT for picking your nose! jk but yea that kinda thing too… let’s not go into detail. and also, they’re extremely fun to paint.
well.. the little toe is for the balance.. what will disappear is the pinky not the lil toe. eyelashes to capture particles of dust or something like that.. i dont know about arm pits thogh!!!
but im more for the kind of things like: why is it called peanut butter if there aint no butter in it… or doughnuts??? wtf! no nuts in the dough…right? butterflies???
lolz dat was a good as a question!
I use my little toe to kill a man 26 different ways but I was a Boy Scout and we are prepared so…
I think a lot of people forget were mamals and were a SPECIES we used to not be as smart and as populated as we are now, we were just another species walking around on the earth, so we had things like nails for an actual reason, digging, tearing, etc.
Think about it in those terms…
the little toe runs wee wee wee all the way home.
Its all evolution. Why do we have goose bumps. Its because they used to serve a purpose (keep us warm and scare off predators by making us look bigger by making our fur stand up like dogs when they’re angry) (thats why you get goose bumps when you’re cold or scared.) Fingernails were once claws. We used to have hair to keep us warm, but now we don’t need it. Little toes used to be fingers (although I think they still help a little with balance)
I definitely agree with Mrs. C’s post from 4/19@11:14AM. I sincerely hope that other people find that peace that the Lord offers. Things like what was mentioned(the purpose of body parts) helps realize just how unique God made us.
Hey, Mike. If you really want to know what little toes are for, then cut yours off. You will learn.
I believe that armpit hair serves two purposes. One. The hair keeps the tricept from rubbing (causing a rash) to the Pectororial area. Second. Keeps hair folicol from closing up and allows poisons to escape the body.
Well to think I had always thought the little toe’s purpose was to go “wee wee wee, all the way home”
(Sorry, if you’re not over 50 you’l never get it.)
the little top goes wee wee wee all the way home
Your fingernails are responsible for your ability to feel with your fingers. When you touch something with your finger it pressed up your fingernail and helps you feel things. Without a fingernail you would have much less sensation in your fingers.
the point of the little toe is to smack into every possible object that it can, and make you feel immense pain throughout your day. Another cruel joke played by whomever/whatever created us!
meow
what does “pubic hair” do then?
Here are a few questions…
•What about eye brows? What exactly do they do for our bodies?
This one might seem a little strange, but…
•Why do men have nipples?
And…
•Does the color of our eyes affect how well we see?
The appendix is actually very important, just not to Americans. If you look at countries like Africa and other 3rd Worlds, they have a very low rate of Appendicitis as compared to America. The appendix release bacteria into your gut that are “good” bacteria to fight off the bad ones and repair what the bad ones kill. In America, we are exposed to so many germs that our body had adapted and can now fight off bad germs and things without it, but it is still important to many countries where people live very far apart of don’t have contact with tons of people a day.
LIttle toe-probably at one time was much stronger, but along evolution (keep an open mind) it has become unnecessary, much like the appendix which probably served a purpose with fibrous foods, like leaves and twigs………..
Underarm hair—probably acts more as a buffer when the skin is sweaty……sweaty skin is sticky, the hair provides a sort of lubrication (rolling hairs) to the underarm preventing the skin from sticking and helping avoid rashes or irritation.
Eyelashes-Do diffuse light, protect from dust….but also act as an “early warning” about debris approaching the eye, with the eyelids automatically slamming shut milliseconds before stuff hits your eye.
Fingernails-Allow us to pick up things that we normally cant without fingernails, like a dime flat against the ground. Also it protects the end of the finger from impacts which would seriously damage soft tissues of the fingertip….where the nail takes most of the damage.
Jeez, Mike…did you stay up all night thinking of this one
My qestion is:
What is the purpos of wisdom teeth?
when i was younger once, i was lighting my propane oven and made a little mistake. i wasn’t seriously injured, or not as much as i could have been, but i lost every bit of hair on my face, eyebrows, eyelashes, nose hairs, etc. eyebrows and eyelashes both serve to protect the eye and to diffuse light. if you lose them you can’t even go outside in the daytime without protection for your eyes. if you try you will end up using your hands to shield your eyes. underarm hairs are there to remind women of the trouble their men have to ho through every day shaving.
HI MIKE, The eyelases are there too protect your eyes from debre and dirt and also aids in ur vision also.And as for you under-arm hair you needit so you wont constantly have heat rash ,but besides that it propects your skin, And as for your toes yes you need them too aide in your balances but so does you ears have a lot too do with balance also.You have a nice day.And if u get some extra -time study Anatomy it will explaine too you how your body functions and what everythings for. Have a nice day.
i have waste my one year with my friends can i prepare 12th board and iit in one year and get good i am not ready to take the drop
The little toe is critical to our balance.
Armpit hair is a relic of times long past. Like body hair, it’s no longer needed and will be gone in the future.
The primary purpose of human nails is now for scratching — if you can reach the “spot.”
Eyeslashes are useful for protecting and shading our eyes. Look at a camel, which lives in windy deserts. They have very long eyelashes.
I often wondered why the human fingers and toes are different sizes, (and shapes,such as the Thumbs),but animals toes (claws) are the same size,and animals don’t have Thumbs.
wow all this stuff was fun to read!
These are the modern day “accepted” definitions. I say this because with time and further study “accepted” changes.
Pinky Toe aka Little toe — While little is the most sensitive toe on your foot. It helps you walk straight, stand straight and run straight. It senses things and makes you correct for them. Ask anyone without it (diabetics) for example has a harder time doing the same things without it.
Underarm hair — AKA Axillary Hair — It serves a dual purpose., the accepted conclusion is that it acts as friction reduction system for the upper arm and Thorax. — It also acts as a sexual stimula, it retains pheromones released by the glands in the armpit. The sight of male armpit hair is also known to stimulate female sexuality.
Eyelashes—dead on
Fingernails — Agian pretty dead on. Fingernails are very needed, they add rigidity to the finger tips so they are actually usable.. For example take a hotdog…pretty limp and soft. Now take a popsickle stick and push it in. when you bend th hotdog it rips out. Now place a nickle on the back of the hotdog were the “fingernail” goes. The stick doesnt rip out so easy and the tip is more usable.
Camels in the desert have at least two pairs of eyelashes, if not more, but it is at least two pairs. This is because of all the sand in the desert getting in their eyes, so they need extra protection! How cool is that :] This was a really interesting article.
For Robert..
There is a period of time before a fetus develops the organs that will identify it as a man or a woman, and during that period of time, nipples and a small amount of breast tissue grow. For women their hormones will eventually increase the amount of tissue, but for men, the amount remains very small.
That is why men have nipples, and are capable of getting breast cancer, just like women.
Gosh, I am almost bummed that I did not see this question first.(I haven’t been on here for a long time) And it is my “OPINION” that every question has been answered correctly:
#1. Armpit hair, I would say that in the “caveman” days that it was nessesary to “soak up sweat” so it would be harder to “rubbed raw” & I also agree with the the theory that (again, back in the days of the caveman) that it was a “phermone, scent” sort of thing – that had to do with ‘human attraction and finding a ‘life mate (or a ‘mate for life, however you want to put that)
#2. The ‘little toe’ – I believe 100% that it is used for balance, and I ‘highly doubt that through ‘evalution’ it will one day ‘disapear completely. The Almighty, Creator of All, Our Father God – “created” us ‘flawlessly with precision and to perfection”
#3. Now, on to “fingernails’- I to agree with the theory that they are to protect the fingers, thumbs (and toes too,for that matter) from getting burned, cut and to be used conventionally as a “carry around tool”, to ‘manipulate things to open, to dig, to scratch (and “pick” midnight ‘snacks out of one anothers hair – like lice and ”nits they leave behind on individual strands of hair- preparing to hatch into ‘baby lice) …………QUACK !!!!! The “snacking on them was a joke (yet, monkeys do) Yet the ‘picking them out using their ‘fingernails – I would imagine to be true, as our ‘ansisters couldn’t “hit the local Walgreens and buy a box of ‘RID” when their children ‘tried on a friends hat and brought home a ‘headfull of ‘nasty little biting,blood sucking critters/pests <{@
#4. And last but not least is “eyelashes” – I think everyone was ‘right on target IE….for protection of the eye from a wide variety of things: to hinder dust,dirt,mites (yes, and ‘dustmites too) from reaching the ‘eyeball and harming its ‘delicate surface (has anybody ever gotten something in stuck in your eye and wound up ‘scratching’ your eyeball ? OUCH !! It’s a very irritating and undescribable pain) And to ‘filter the suns rays, and protect the eyeball from sunburn (another VERY PAINFULL situation) and as I said before – “back in the day” they couldn’t just pop in the ‘corner 7/11 convienance store or Walgreens and pick up a pair of ‘cheap shades’ IE……..’sun-glass’
Now, I know that all of my answers, for the most part have already been responded – So I will throw a tip:
Here it is “Spring-time” once again. Should you decide to lay in a ‘tanning bed and “FAKE-N-BAKE”
for a “base-tan” before hittin’ the beach this summer- do yourself a favor and keep your ‘eyes closed in the bed……….And “BOYS”……. Keep your ‘legs crossed (or wear your ‘speed-o’s,nut huggers,’tighty-whitey’s) cause from what I have ‘heard – “burnt” balls are worse than “blue” balls……… {-:
Until the next time I pop in and say hi –
May God Bless all of You and Yours !!
Christina Godbe
Arm pit hair is to protect the underarm. It doesn’t help a lot, but it still does. Think of all the veins there notice with the arm up how it’s all exposed under thin skin.
It’s the same reason we have hair in other tender spots.
Nice answers and ive liked the you can make brain get good excise.
Balance, it helps you ep balance when running
this is kinda funny.
im a pretty pony!
First , why do we have hair on the head ?
why do men have nipples?
Armpit hair works similar to the fins on a CPU heatsink. But instead of drawing heat away from the core of the CPU, it helps draw sweat away from the body increasing the cooling ability.
Normally you have to have the sweat evaporate to remove heat, but the sweat can be drawn off your body in other means, it doesn’t have to evaporate to be effective.
But why do women shave there underarm hair if the hair actually have a meaning??
If that’s the case then here’s another one for you… why do we need hair at all?… anywhere on our bodies?
Little toe is for balance. Armpit hair is to protect the lymph nodes from damage from gems and bites. If some foriegn matter gets on these hairs, they itch and send your brain a message and you scratch and move the harmful particles away. Some underarm deoderant has been shown to sometimes cancer causing in this nodal area!
What about male nipples?
I knew about the function of the eyelashes. I also heard that without them our eye lids wouldn’t be able to open and close (hmm interesting).
Now, armpit hair has to be worst invention God made in our body. I can totally live without them (they’re gross!) XD
¡Oh,please ,– our Body is so beautiful, –just look at the mirror,it´s a Piece of Art created by the Nature thanks to Mom and Dad!
Don´t even Analyse …if you can Feel it!
Thanks,
Ella
mine are used for weapons… if some1 scratches,tickles,kiks,ect. i will pinch/scratch them
crewl but they started it!!!
well your big toe actually helps you keep your balance. if u didnt have it, you would probably fall over…lol. well it sounds weird but it is true…
The armpit hair is to reduce friction.
Mike… the little toe is one toll made by the function number 2 of the Matrix of Natural Systems. This function makes the shape of babies when the Universal Systemic Matrix was projecting herself over humans for creating the human family system. What’s the social function of the babies? Our hand is a fractal derivation of the Matrix, like any other sub-system of our body.
Think, for instance, about the cell system. You have the nucleus, and leaving the nucleus begins a systemic circuit performed by centriole, ribosome, mitochondria, lizosome and the RNA turning back to the nucleus. It is a watch like form. Our hand is a copy of that: the fingers are derivations from those organelles, the hand is the nucleus. Sometimes a systemic function is not well used and it can develops (the little toe will become great with evolution?) or disappears.
The eyelashes are important systemic function, the number 7. At cell system this function made the endoplasmatic vesicle and lisosome, at astronomical system this function made the horizon of events around the black hole. Really, the black hole inside a quasar in the nucleus of the building block of galactic systems performs the function of the eye, because all informations from the system throughout inside it. The black hole “sees” the outside without seeing… but it is the primitive shape ancestral of our eyes, moth, uterus, etc. The black event horizon surrounding the black hole was reproduced here in shape of eyelash. This toll of systemic function number seven is kept like the little toe because there are some useful think that keeps it exercising.
Everything else at our body has explanation from the Matrix. If you no the models, you have the total knowledge about Nature, and a little bit about God or spiritual life (see the universal software). Why our nose has two holes and not 1 or 3? The Matrix goes to the maps of the non-living ancestral, and explains it. Why our moth move vertically? The Matrix explains. Why our ear has the shape of spiral? The Matrix explains. Why our heart is a bomb? The Matrix explains. Why the sexual organs have those shapes? The Matrix explains.
So, everything else in Nature. If you want to know more explanations from the Matrix, fell free for asking… cheers…
We’ll i know the pinky toe is for balance because when you really think about it you press on it as you walk.
and your eyelashes block dust away from your eyes
and your arm pit hair- to help your veins be protected
and finger nails- to help that sensitve skin get prepared.
wat kind of question is that!?!? were u just staring at your toe or something??omg
LITTLE TOE
The fifth toe (or little toe) is the smallest toe of the foot.
It is associated with many medical conditions, largely due to the use of shoes.
It is comprised of the fifth metatarsal bone and its associated phalanges.
Some parallels can be drawn with these muscles and those of the hypothenar eminence serving the little finger. The little toe is absolutely useless. Popular belief has led people to believe that the little toe is used for balancing, this is incorrect.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_toe)
ARMPIT HAIR
Underarm Hair (also called axillary hair or armpit hair) is the composition of hair in the underarm area. This hair, as most of the other body hair, normally starts to appear at puberty and growth is usually complete by the end of teen age. The release of pheromones from the axilla at this stage of human development suggests association of armpit hair with sexuality. The positive response to olfactory stimulus in mammals and the consequent intensification of the sex drive caused by release of pheromones offers useful clues as to the purpose and importance of axillary hair in humans. It has been suggested that the hair itself acts with a natural “anti-friction” quality between the upper arm and the thorax.
DEODERANT DOES NOT CAUSE CANCER.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armpit_hair)
PUBIC HAIR
Pubic hair is hair in the frontal genital area, the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs; these areas form the pubic region.
Although fine vellus hair is present in the area in childhood, the term pubic hair is generally restricted to the heavier, longer hair that develops with puberty as an effect of rising levels of androgens. Pubic hair is therefore part of the androgenic hair.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic_hair)
FINGER NAILS
In anatomy, a nail is a horn-like structure at the end of an animal’s finger or toe.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingernail)
EYELASHES
An eyelash or simply lash is one of the hairs that grow at the edge of the eyelid. Eyelashes protect the eye from debris and perform some of the same function as whiskers do on a cat or a mouse in the sense that they are sensitive to being touched, thus providing a warning that an object (such as an insect or dust mite) is near the eye (which is then closed reflexively).
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyelashes)
nothing buddy
Your eyelashes keep dirt from getting in your eye. Your pinkie to helps you balance. Your armpit hair absorbs sweat. Your finger nails keep dirt from getting our skin infected because our skin is very sensitive in the top part of our finger. Another reason is because we would probably just look plain odd if we didn’t have any of these. I’m only 10 years old and look just how smart I am. So no excuses if you don’t know the answers to this question! (I did not look this up on the internet!)
Where do these people come from? Are they strangers from another planet? I have not laughted so much in a long time! And to think these people are serious!!
But why do women have armpit hair and leg hair if we just shave it off anyway?
The human body has concentrations of lymph nodes in the periauricular (ear), submandibular (jaw), axillary (armpit) and inguinal (pubic) areas. My pet theory is that this is why we still have sideburns, beards, armpit and pubic hair; to help insulate the lymphatics from temperature extremes.
The little toe, I believe, still serves an important purpose in balance, though one would have to check that against case studies of people who have lost their little toes. (Certainly, it is nearly impossible to walk without a big toe.) The reason little toes have gotten so small, I think, has more to do with shoewear than any evolutionary adaptation. Just because a physical feature no longer serves a purpose does not necessarily mean that it will be eliminated — there are many examples of “vestigial” features that no longer have any biological use.
I think that the main reason for fingernails is to serve as a “backboard” for fine motor manipulation. If you observe closely how you pick up a dime from a flat surface, for instance, I think you’ll see that it would be a lot harder without fingernails, even when they are cut short. Fingernails have almost certainly adapted from claws, formerly used for purchase and/or defense.
True, all these are just theories. But pretty nifty theories, eh?
whats the point of eyebrows?
whats the point of hair?
Read Jared Diamond’s “Why is Sex Fun?” He talks about markers and how armpit hair serves as a marker that the person has hit puberty.
My theory about body hair (whether it’s eyelashes or armpit) is that it’s mainly to increase surface area and filtering. People have explained it enough. but think if you didn’t have eyelashes, with the tears keeping your eyes wet, u’re likely to get all kinds of particles stuck to this small little wet lid of yours. hair helps distribute the wettness and therefore evaporating it faster.
plus we want even numbers of fingers and toes.
also armpit hair functions more or less the same. it’s a damp small space and hair increases the surface area. helps ventilate it better. it was probably more needed before as we didn’t have deoderants and proper clothes. and now we come to the point where it’s more hygenic to get rid of it.
Little toe? I do think it has to do with balance (although u can do without it) but the main reason we kept it i guess was asthetic
fingernails, people have explained it enough. I’m sure there was a time when u cut ur nails too short that ur fingertip started to hurt. skin is very sensitive, and particularly the ends need protection.
well, that’s all i could think of now.
about the little toe.. as you can see, the fingers of our foot are arranged from the biggest to the smallest..,that is why it is small ( =..this arrangement is caused by the adaptation of our foot to the ground where stepping… and it cant be removed..
Eyebrows are used to stop sweat running into our eyes and many of the things eyelashes do.
well eyelashes attracts people
Eyebrows are there to keep sweat from getting into your eyes. Sometimes they fail and it stings a bit. I’m sure I learnt that in science or something.
of course eyelashes protect from getting into your eyes…. and arm pit haair for guys sweat more and they coolllllecttt the sweat.
i dont know about the little toe becassueeeee i think iitttt is uless to!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol xoxooxo ~crystal
Armpit hair-let your eye glance the opposite sex armpit, it will attract you to sexy filling-it is part of attraction so is pubic hair. playing with this when you are in love it will get you orgasm going.
Wikipedia is not a reliable source for information.
the eyelashes help keep the eyes close when you go to sleep
Ah….come on all you folks….have we all grown up so gosh darn fast that we forgot that the little toe….”went wee….wee….wee… all the way home?” And I suppose it’s probably silly to mention that when all of my sons were at the “This Little Piggy” stage of their life guaranteed by the time the song was getting to the little piggy toe I knew without doubt that there would be an outburst of giggles and wiggles and smiles from them causing my grumpy ole’grown-up face to crack a few giggles and smiles too….so here’s hoping that you don’t stub your toe….little or big one’s cuz it hurts….and that’s what “This little piggy staying home”has to say. Take care…Just Me, Lisa
Looks like alot of folks have way too much time on their hands
Ok, the major theory I have heard about armpit hair is that it traps pheromones, or scent, thereby attracting the opposite gender. I don’t think it works that way anymore, but back when we first became bipeds, I am sure this was important.
The little toe is important for balance, but like the little finger, we can learn to get along without it.
Fingernails are really important. They protect a spot where there are a lot of nerve endings. This is why injury under the nail hurts soo much, even if it isn’t a major injury.
Eyelashes (and brows for the matter) play a big part in protecting your eyes.
Ohhh, Mike. I thought everybody knew that the LITTLE TOE goes “wee, wee, wee” all the way home!
(You couldn’t complete the this little piggy rhyme without it!)
My gynocologist Aunt told me that pubic hair helps keep bacteria and germs out of your vagina and helps keep the moisture down which also keeps you from having problems and it helps to cushion and protect your clitoris, a very sensitive area.
I would think armpit hair helps to regulate heat, sweat etc., eyelashes and eyebrows of course help keep things out of your eyes, eyelashes also have “good bugs” to help your eyes! YUCK!
Pinkie Toe is there so you can do This Little Piggy on your kids!!! (You asked)
i think you should restate the question as: why did those of our ancestors who had armpit hair, little toes, etc.. tend to survive longer and have more babies than those who didn’t
why would the little toe disappear? sure it may not serve much purpose, but will individuals with slightly smaller or nonexistent little toes tend to be more fit to survive? if they are then the little toe will go away.
i think those thing are mere characteristic features of mammals. they do no special work than to set man apart from other creatures.
take for instance a person with cut toes. does he not walk? he can run as fast as any with full toes. what about the fashion in vogue, where women will always nearly cut their laches in an attempt to look good. the question is whether they do not enjoy the protection of the laches as believed by some.
i would rather believe easily that pubic hair causes a lot of inconveniences than doing any good. little wonder then people always have it cut low to avoid bad odour always associates with them. then those people that cut it always, my question is whether they have suffered any deffiency as a result?
as regards nails, they are mere decoration. i always trim mine down in such a way that you would wonder why they were given in the first place.
in conclusion, i don’t subscribe to the idea that those things are of any useful purpose that without it we can suffer any detriment.
Simply put, we have only been evolving for 5 million years. we’re not done yet. we still have the remnents of a tail, we are still black and white with a few shades in between. our species came from africa and surrounding areas, modern blacks remained/became darker due to the high uv levels of their enviroment. europeans became lighter and eventually white, due to less uv exposure, therefore less need for uv protection. in another 5 million years, if we make it that far, all useless attributes will be gone.
Why do we brethe?
Ok.Ok All of your comments are welcome and I used to feel sleepy when a boring issue is put in to my person by reading,then I can say that the eye lashes are for getting good sleep following a bored reading.My nails for scratching when ever a boring third rate articles rashes my skin unknowingly over me.Toes can also make me run if and only if such non-ineresting analysis in progressive reading.Hence forth let me conclude my comment by submitting myself to such individuals feet not to have more concerns on god given parts in our body.Same items are on other animals too but where shall we end up with, if they are also running behind us in search of takers for such anlysis.
Little toe.. is just left over from when the feet mutated from being hands.
Fingernails protect the ends of the fingers.
Armpit hair is there leftover from when we used to have hair all over.
your litte toe has absolutely no effect on your balance!! I’ve had mine amputated and walk perfectly straight.
Maybe we just don’t know the purpose of those body parts but there’s no need to question, instead trus God because God has made everything perfect.