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Daniel Lieberman on Evolution and Exercise: The Science of Human Endurace

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How Long Are Your Toes?

Chimpanzees have really long toes, and australiapiths like lucy havereally long toes. But when shou get to genus homo, the toe length gets really shorter. And so but big feet are a problem because you can break them when you run,. Because though you have really high torks, you have high forces that act over large moment arms too.

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