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    The Problematic, Newfangled Hack That Is the Human Leg

    by Veronique Greenwood Jul 18, 2013 2 minutes

    If you were to design a leg for a bipedal animal from scratch, what would it look like? Don’t bother looking down at your own body for inspiration—you won’t find a good model there. 

    If you want to make a really good bipedal leg, you should make one a lot like an ostrich’s, and nothing like a human’s

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