How many fingers does a human have

One of the basic facts about our hands is that they each possess four fingers and a thumb: five digits in total.

1. Do you have 10 or 8 fingers?
2. Do we have 10 or 20 fingers?
3. Do you have 10 fingers?
4. Does a thumb count as a finger?

Do you have 10 or 8 fingers?

People, including you I suspect, normally have ten fingers and ten toes. Numbered 1–5 from the thumb to the little finger and from the great toe to the little toe. The thumb and the great toe are specialized fingers and toes.

Do we have 10 or 20 fingers?

Ask an evolutionary biologist, however, and you're likely to get a much simpler answer: We have 10 fingers and 10 toes because, somewhere in our species' past Darwinian wanderings, those numbers gave us an evolutionary advantage.

Do you have 10 fingers?

And, of course, we humans boast a handy opposable thumb. But when it comes right down to it, we still share many traits with our fellow mammals. And having ten fingers and ten toes is one we share with many of them.

Does a thumb count as a finger?

A thumb is a digit, but not technically a finger. Many people don't make the distinction between thumbs and other digits.