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What is the point of pruney fingers?
The common wisdom is that your fingers wrinkle when they’re wet because they absorb water. But Mark Changizi thinks there’s more to it than that. According to him, pruney fingers are an adaptation to help humans, and probably other primates, get a better grip during wet conditions.
It makes a lot of sense, because you’re whole body doesn’t get all pruney.
