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Our Fingers and Toes Trace Their Origins to a Surprising Structure in Fish, And It Isn’t Their Fins

Learn more about the evolution of human fingers and toes, which originate from the genetic programming for a multipurpose orifice in fish.

From fish cloaca to fingers: Scientists trace the origin of our digits

How did digits evolve? While it is clear that they derive from genetic programs already present in fish, their precise origin ...