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Human feet have changed surprisingly little since they were used to swing from trees, research has shown.
Scientists studied more than 25,000 steps made by volunteers on a pressure-sensitive treadmill to investigate how evolution has shaped the human foot.
They found unexpected similarities with the feet of chimpanzees and orangutans.
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