Ever wonder why your fingers get all prune-like when you’re in a hot tub for six hours? Well, scientists have been trying to figure this out for years (guess there’s not much to work on these days). Turns out it the pruneification of your digits may be an evolutionary advantage for our ancestors that were forced to forage in the rain. Scientists figured out that people with wrinkly hands can pick up wet objects faster than those with dry hands. The crinkled hand subjects had no such advantage with dry objects, so there’s your proof.
Evolution inspired diet tip: switch from crinkle cut fries to smooth sided fries to slow your pace at the dinner table.
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