• Question: what is the point in feet?

    Asked by Sophie to Alex, Ali, Kerry, Philip, Theo on 17 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Alex Pool

      Alex Pool answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Part of evolution is that feet have evolved because they’re a benefit to the animals that have them. In our case they allow us to walk, and run. The toes then help us balance.

    • Photo: Philip Ratcliffe

      Philip Ratcliffe answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      What is the point in hands?
      You couldn’t walk very well without them.
      And before you ask “What’s the point in walking?”, think about how you’d get food if you couldn’t.

    • Photo: Alison Thomson

      Alison Thomson answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      So we can walk! If we just had stumps at the end of our legs we would find it really hard to balance!

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