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The original Dactyl's thumb cluster was built after the Kinesis Advantage, I believe. The idea is that you would hit the keys with the side of your thumb, just like you would hit the spacebar on a flat keyboard.
A common complaint with both the Ergodox and the original Dactyl is that it's only really easy to reach the innermost thumb key. On my tshort Dactyl Manuform I can only easily reach the innermost two thumb keys. There are many thumb layout variations, one of which you have pictured, as well as wider Dactyl variations.
The Dactyl variant the closest to OG Kinesis in spirit is Dactyl-CC AFAIK.
I'm happy to print the case for one for you for the cost of the filament, if you want (20EUR or so). Shipping to outside of europe might make local printers cheaper. There's a generator for custom shapes at https://dactyl.siskam.link