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Born With No Feet, Andy The Goose Got Second-Chance Sneakers – But Murder Was Afoot

Fleming adapted the tiny footwear so that it was a good fit for Andy, and in time, he learnt to walk. When they wore out too ...
ZME Science

Why Humans Lost the Ability to Wiggle Each Toe Separately and What We Gained Instead

What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move ...

Why can’t I wiggle my toes one at a time, like my fingers?

What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Human Relative Who Owned This 3.4-Million-Year-Old Foot May Have Belonged to a Species That Lived Alongside Lucy

Newfound fossils in modern-day Ethiopia suggest that the mysterious foot belonged to a recently named species, Australopithecus deyiremeda. The finding could alter the story of human evolution ...