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Opposable thumbs are an exceptionally rare anatomical trait

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Your ability to seamlessly open a jar of pickles is a biological miracle. Opposable thumbs allow incredible fine motor skills and grasping abilities that the vast majority of the animal kingdom completely lacks. Without these weirdly flexible digits, we never would have built tools, meaning human civilization was literally founded on our ability to pinch.

Opposable thumbs are an exceptionally rare anatomical trait
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