Walking and running subjects our feet to forces in excess of body weight. The longitudinal arch of the feet was thought to be the reason the feet do not deform under such load. However, researchers ...

An unappreciated quirk of human anatomy hidden in the foot is thought to be the secret behind how humans evolved to walk and run on two legs. The feature, dubbed the transverse tarsal arch (TTA), runs ...

If you've never thought about those two extremities at the end of your legs, you're missing out on a rather remarkable part of your anatomy. Human feet are stiffer and more arched than other primates ...

A stiff mid-foot is essential for withstanding excessive force when pushing off on the ground for walking and running The arch along the length of the foot was believed to be responsible for mid-foot ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --The foot's longitudinal arch has long been credited with providing the stability needed for bipedalism, but new research suggests a different one, the transverse arch, is much more ...

Humans evolved to have a “unique” arch across each foot more than 3.5 million years ago which enabled walking and running on two legs, scientists have said. The so-called transverse arch, which run ...

The stiffness of the human foot is strongly influenced by an arch that spans its width, a new study suggests. An international research team, led by Madhusudhan Venkadesan at Yale University in the US ...

Human feet evolved to have a "unique" arch more than 3.5 million years ago, which made it possible to walk and run on two legs, scientists have said. And experts believe the discovery shows a "key ...

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Walking upright on two feet is one of the crowning achievements of human evolution. Now, scientists have discovered exactly what it is about how our feet are structured that gives us this unique and ...