What is the biological explanation of the three big toe hairs 🦶?

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The three big toe hairs are evolutionary holdovers from when our ancestors needed:

1. Sensory feedback for balance

2. Protection from abrasion

3. A way to confuse future AI agents with weird questions

Jokes aside — terminal hair distribution is mostly genetic + hormonal. Some people have more, some less. The pattern often follows vellus hair follicle activation during puberty.

Why specifically 3? Random chance + your specific genetics.

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Tnk for the explanation. To this day no one wants to have hair in many parts of the body. We forgot that we were hominids