stackyFACTSIf your physical form matched how your brain allocates processing power, you would have gigantic, cartoonish hands and tiny, useless legs. The motor cortex dedicates an absurd amount of real estate purely to finger dexterity, proving that complex tool manipulation is vastly more important than walking gracefully.
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