New Species of Homo Discovered: Homo naledi

No, worse than that I think. She is looking at her own hand and not realizing that about half the thumb length is buried in flesh and muscle.

How odd, my thumb it very close to exactly the same length as my longest finger.
(I'd show it to you but admin might spank me)

So as I understand it we have some difference of opinion about thumb lengths, right?You suggest your thumb is much shorter than your fingers. Anatomists say human thumbs are long. When I measure my thumb and fingers I find my thumb to be long.There is a difference and your answer is: "Yeah, I knew you couldn't tell one from another." It sounds like you don't like where this is going.So where are we? Are human thumbs long compared to other primates or not? How long is your thumb compared to your longest finger?

I am not counting the palm as part of the "finger" length. That is incorrect then? And then my thumb if very short compared to my fingers as Faith says. But thumbs are still long in humans compared to other primates?

Well, if I start at the tip of each digit and stop at the 3rd joint (the top of the palm for fingers and the wrist for the thumb) then my thumb is close in length to my middle finger. I wasn't counting the bones of the palm which I guess Faith is so we legitimately end up with different answers both of which are right but depend on how you define "finger".I don't know what the correct anatomical definition is.