What would happen if we didn't have opposite thumbs?

Finger snapping is made considerably more difficult without use of a thumb. All those double-jointed people who can touch their wrists with their thumbs would need a new party trick. Children would struggle to distinguish left and right without the helpful “L” made by thumb and finger. read more

Nearly every item we use in day-to-day life is designed with the opposable thumb in mind. Had we not had thumbs at the very beginning of our evolution this would have been a much bigger problem and would have delayed our development considerably. read more

Playing the original Super Mario Bros becomes torture. But honestly, let's just forget about the old Nintendo, because likely we would still be stuck in the bronze age, or maybe even further back. read more

Honestly I have no clue, but we might currently be using 1970's tech at best if we lacked them. I don't see much of an effect on culture/society. Since these people never had opposable thumbs to begin with, they probably wouldn't miss them. read more