• Question: why does some people have six fingers in one hand?

    Asked by you cant see me to Katie, Duane, Andy on 19 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      This is called polydactyly and is thought to be caused by genetic mutations which can then be inherited

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      I’m not exactly sure. Perhaps this might be due to an abnormality/mutation in the growth process/fusion of the bones during development.

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