📝 Module 7 Section 2 - Exercise 5

What would make humans faster, according to Alexander, is if we had legs like an ostrich. Ostriches run on their toes, with their ankles 'a good bit of the way up the leg', and carry almost all their leg muscle on short thighbones at the very top. They can run up to 69 kilometres an hour (kph). Human feet are also a drawback. Unlike ostriches which have smallish feet but manage to keep their balance by spreading their wings as they run, humans have evolved big, floppy feet to keep them upright. What we gain in power and balance from the oversized appendages is more than lost in the added weight and awkwardness they cause.