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Why do adult humans walk like ostriches, but toddlers walk like turkeys? How can the analytical methods of sports science help to prevent ballet dancers from injuring their feet? And how were Chinese women with bound feet still able to labour in the fields? Bridget Kendall finds the answers to these and many other foot-related questions with the help of poet Wang Ping, sports scientist Patrick Rump and locomotion researcher Jim Usherwood.
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