by Teuila Afele on November 26th, 2004

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Why do we have 10 toes and fingers? Why not 11?

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by Jeremiah Britt on December 3rd, 2004
Genetically speaking, it is much more efficient to encode DNA for symetrical structures. It is partly a matter of simplicity.
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