Why Do Humans Have Fingernails?

Examples

1. When you pick up a pencil, your fingernail helps you hold it tightly
2. Fingernails keep your fingers from getting scratched when you dig in the dirt
3. A cat's claws are like human fingernails, they help them climb and catch prey

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See also

• How does natural selection drive evolutionary change?
• What are fitness trade-offs?
• Why do humans have an appendix, and what is its function?
• Why Do Humans Have Tails?
• Why do humans have an appendix, and what is its purpose?

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