I am curious because I saw the other day in the internet the picture of a man who has his left hand finger nails uncut for 15 years.
2007-03-22 00:56:42 · 14 answers · asked by Jose Luis M 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
I bet they wore down or broke off from simple every day living. back then, they used their hands for a lot more than we do. animals just wear theirs down by living normally.
2007-03-22 08:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine that the first humans to cut their nails actually bit them. Apes tend not to get overgrown nails because they have their hands in contact with the ground and other rough surfaces a great deal, so the nails are worn down very quickly.
2007-03-22 08:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first humans probably chewed them with their teeth. The apes break their nails when they climb trees and hang on the branches of trees.
2007-03-22 10:09:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My best guess would be that the first humans as well as the apes chewed them off.
2007-03-22 08:01:14 · answer #4 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they just chewed them down... The same way lots of people still do lol! That's definitely how apes cut theirs...
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2007-03-22 07:59:32 · answer #5 · answered by ~*Raine*~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm fairly sure they chewed them off. The 15 year thing is simply disgusting and freakish.
2007-03-22 08:00:26 · answer #6 · answered by bookfreak2day 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do manuel labor to survive and low en behold our nails show there purpose of protecting our finger tips and as tools - and yep they do wear down
2007-03-23 01:35:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teeth!
2007-03-22 08:01:52 · answer #8 · answered by Another Planet 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they chew em off with their teeth. its very effective.
2007-03-22 08:08:31 · answer #9 · answered by Tiger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nature's scissors - their teeth.
2007-03-22 07:59:35 · answer #10 · answered by Lucy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋