It was a hack. A jerry-rig.
After the lecture, the crowd dispersed. Finch left without a word. Elara walked back to the panda display. The little wrist bone looked less like a mistake now. It looked like a diary entry. El pulgar del panda - Stephen Jay Gould.pdf
“Look at this elegant, opposable thumb,” Finch wrote, “perfectly designed to strip bamboo. A clear sign of a benevolent, precise Creator.” It was a hack