Toe Toe Toes are the digits of the foot of a tetrapod. Animal species such as cats that walk on their toes are described as being "digitigrade". Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are described as being "plantigrade"; "unguligrade" animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of their toes. There are five toes present on each human foot. Each toe consists of three phalanx bones, the proximal, middle and distal, with the exception of the big toe (). The hallux only contains two phalanx bones, the proximal and distal. The joints between
Names for the human species "Gaian") is frequently used, as it were naming humanity by its planet of origin. Incidentally, this situation parallels the naming motive of ancient terms for humanity, including "human" ("homo", "humanus") itself, derived from a word for "earth" to contrast humans as earth-bound with celestial beings (i.e. deities) in mythology. Names for the human species The common name of the human species in English is historically "man" (from Germanic), often replaced by the Latinate "human" (since the 16th century). In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name "Homo sapiens" (Latin: "sapient man", Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species