Fingernails I can understand. They help with many functions. But what are toenails for? Or are they just evidence of evolution?
2007-12-15 16:32:36 · 18 answers · asked by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are the remnants of claws that our most distant evolutionary ancestors evolved from, just like the fingernails as well.
2007-12-15 16:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How would they be evidence of evolution? The toenails are for toenail polish everyone knows that! lol No really I think they have something to do with balance as well as another way to expell dead cells from our bodies.
2007-12-16 00:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by Bride of Christ 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yes, they were certainly useful to our pre-human ancestors. Otherwise they would have been eliminated from the gene pool.
2007-12-16 01:01:04 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've used mine to scratch the bottom of my other foot.
Also, I think dropping a rock on your toe might hurt worse if the nail wasn't there.
2007-12-16 00:35:52 · answer #4 · answered by Thrice Blessed 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
To protect the ends of the metatarsals?
2007-12-16 00:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by xx. 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
God made man in his image.
2007-12-16 00:46:40 · answer #6 · answered by carpentershammerer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it would be weird walking around without any toenails
2007-12-16 00:39:07 · answer #7 · answered by anamariabarragan1 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To make silly humans ask silly questions.
2007-12-16 00:36:08 · answer #8 · answered by sweetgurl13069 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do we need a reason for everything? God made us the way we are for a reason. we're not supposed to understand everything. no finite person will ever understand
2007-12-16 00:41:09 · answer #9 · answered by Alex R 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Same for our vestigal organs...also, what about wisdom teeth? I can go on and on with it...
2007-12-16 00:42:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋