Why do we have toenails?

Published: Sept. 6, 2015, 11 p.m.

b'Fingernails seem to have obvious uses but what are our toenails for? Was their some evolutionary benefit? And does that mean we\'ll evolve toenail-less feet? Sam Mahaffey and Dr Isabelle Winder from the University of York go in search of a gripping answer... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists'