2007-02-20 06:05:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Pre-evolution we will have needed claw like ends to our digits to help us tear meat from flesh, get into fruit and nuts etc. It strengthens our digits and will have also been used as one of our defenses when attacking predators. Predators, as in the other animals trying to eat us, not the 80's Arnie film "I aint got time to bleed!"
2007-02-20 06:15:47 · answer #1 · answered by Nick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have toe and finger nails only to protect the tips of these sensitive parts of the body. They offer a protection barrier against all kinds of things and the ends of our fingers would be a mess without them.
2007-02-21 17:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by Esquire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To stop your fingers & toes fraying!
2007-02-20 14:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To stop your hands and feet fraying at the ends
2007-02-20 14:08:41 · answer #4 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1, so we can paint them and make them look pretty
2, to scratch (if we need to)
and 3, cause dont you think we'd look odd without them
2007-02-20 14:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by stace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋