Why are my thumb nails hard but my other nails so very thin?

Why are my thumb nails hard but my other nails so very thin?
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The difference is evolution. Thumbs (and thumbnails) played a more essential role in food gathering, food opening, and similar survival-type functions than they do today. You must have inherited a strong-thumbnail gene from your Neanderthal predecessors.
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