Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: *Hitchhiker's Thumb* The ability to bend the thumb backward (at least 45 degrees) is a caused by a dominant allele. The proper term for this is distal hyperextensibility.People with dominant alleles have more flexible ligaments and thus looser joints.However, other sites say that hitchhiker's thumb is autosomal recessive so your best bet would be to trust your textbook or just ask your teacher!Source(s): I take AP Biology! sparkles62190 Â· 8 years ago.eople with dominant alleles have more flexible ligaments and thus looser joints. However, other sites say that hitchhiker's thumb is autosomal recessive so your best bet would be to trust your textbook or just ask your teacher! Source(s): I take AP Biology!
The Emperor Caligula once decided to go to war with the Roman God of the sea, Poseidon, and ordered his soldiers to throw their spears into the water at random. (14) Comments invisible pink unicorn:
The Roman historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus wrote a story about the emperor Caligula, who lined up his soldiers and artillery on the beach and declared war on Neptune, god of the sea. After that he claimed victory over the ocean and commanded his men to collect shells as war booty. As a monument to this victory he built a tall lighthouse. This story resulted in a search for Caligula's lighthouse.