Evolution of Feet.

kneemos · 14-06-2014 04:53PM #1

Evolution gets rid of things we don't use so will the foot evolve into a toeless shoe shaped object.

Tigger · 14-06-2014 04:54PM

no, no it won't.

14-06-2014 04:56PM

I hope not.....we'd have nothing to give stupid thread starters in the hole

14-06-2014 05:01PM

Thats not how evolution works. Thats like saying will evolution get rid of the tips of our ears and fuse it into the sides of our heads. We dont use the tips of our ears, right?

kneemos · 14-06-2014 05:04PM

19543261 wrote: »

Thats not how evolution works. Thats like saying will evolution get rid of the tips of our ears and fuse it into the sides of our heads. We dont use the tips of our ears, right?

Ears are for catching sound,they're supposed to stick out.

robman60 · 14-06-2014 05:04PM

If enough successive skanger generations shoot up heroin, the foot will evolve into an oversized Airmax runner.

Tin Foil Hat · 14-06-2014 05:04PM

kneemos wrote: »

Evolution gets rid of things we don't use so will the foot evolve into a toeless shoe shaped object.

You must have a really funny walk.

Mr. Incognito · 14-06-2014 05:04PM

You can't balance great without your big toe

http://www.ask.com/question/can-you-walk-without-your-big-toe

So it's being used

Banjo String · 14-06-2014 05:08PM

The human being is still born with an appendix.

They're pretty much useless. That's evolution.

catallus · 14-06-2014 05:09PM

Maybe, if God decides so.

kneemos · 14-06-2014 05:15PM

Banjo String wrote: »

The human being is still born with an appendix.

They're pretty much useless. That's evolution.

The appendix is what's left of the original organ afaik,so it's in the process of getting rid of it.

Tin Foil Hat · 14-06-2014 05:19PM

kneemos wrote: »

The appendix is what's left of the original organ afaik,so it's in the process of getting rid of it.

Evolution has no plan. It's not in the process of anything.

Wibbs · 14-06-2014 05:25PM

Feet are actually very well evolved for bipedal locomotion. Certainly given the non bipedal back foot it had to evolve from. They're so well evolved and suited for purpose that they haven't changed much if at all in many millions of years. The Laetoli footprints found in Tanzania were left by a non direct line hominid Australopithecus(well there's some debate there) nearly 4 million years ago and they look just like our feet. However the rest of the Australopithecus skeleton has much more primitive features compared to us. The arms, shoulder, hands, body shape and a few other things are much more "apelike". Feet were one of the things that came first with us as a people. Brains and more modern hands and all that came after. So spare a thought for those feet of yours. They're pretty impressive and have a very deep history going all the way back to the dawn of humanity

Banjo String wrote: »

The human being is still born with an appendix.

They're pretty much useless. That's evolution.

Well, kinda. There is some debate over the continued purpose of the organ. It may have some immune system purpose.

AH answer. If you get athletes foot, blast it with piss.

bnt · 14-06-2014 05:32PM

When I wear shoes. my toes aren't just dead weight. They still play a role in helping me walk, with distributing my weight.

Even if they're useless, that still makes their presence neutral. Something would have to be actively harmful for there to be evolutionary pressure against it. My appendix could have killed me when I was 12, but I'm still in a minority. There is some evidence that the appendix does do some good, by storing some "good bacteria", which then re-populate the gut after a bout of diarrhoea.

czechlin · 14-06-2014 05:34PM

"Toeless shoe object" - eh I hope not! I spent the last half an hour painting my toes :pac:

The_Valeyard · 14-06-2014 05:44PM

Meh,

I can be very lazy, toes are great for picking up clothes off the ground rather than sending hands all the way down there.

Father Bigley · 14-06-2014 06:06PM

kneemos wrote: »

Evolution gets rid of things we don't use so will the foot evolve into a toeless shoe shaped object.

Evolution most certainly does not do that. In fact your body is full of anatomical structures that perform very limited or even no functions for a modern human. They are vestiges from an ancestral species, hence they are called vestigial structures.

Badly Drunk Boy · 14-06-2014 06:08PM

We need the toes for balance but do we need the toenails? In 2 weeks time, I've to get two ingrown toenails removed, from each of my big toes. I got one removed 10 years ago so there was a bit of limping around, but how do you limp if both feet are operated on?

dodderangler · 14-06-2014 06:13PM

Bring back the tails.
Girls would look so much hotter with tails and we could just hang around trees and throw our faeces at each other

Sky King · 14-06-2014 06:23PM

Feet? Obsolete.

Meters are where it's at yo.

14-06-2014 06:39PM

czechlin wrote: »

"Toeless shoe object" - eh I hope not! I spent the last half an hour painting my toes :pac:

I love painted toes. Long life toes!

Also, how are we to judge the rise on the front of the shoe if we don't have toe cleavage?

Too much toe cleavage:
http://stylesizzle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/toe-cleavage.jpg

Ideal toe cleavage:
http://media2.onsugar.com/files/2014/05/27/893/n/1922564/77f1be177bce6649_483196731.xxxlarge_2x/i/Show-Some-Toe-Cleavage.jpg

Important stuff this.

kneemos · 14-06-2014 06:42PM

They wouldn't smell nearly as bad without toes,drying would be much easier too.

wp_rathead · 14-06-2014 06:43PM

3014:
"Heaaaaaaaaads, shoulders, knees and.... aww"

Tardful Slakerly II · 14-06-2014 06:44PM

Banjo String wrote: »

The human being is still born with an appendix.

They're pretty much useless. That's evolution.

It's a reservoir for bacteria. When someone heaves up their insides their gut flora (which is important for health) is restored via the appendix.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-06-2014 10:15PM

with us short feet would be better for walking and longer ones for running fast so we are inbetweeners , for distance

corner of hells · 14-06-2014 10:18PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Feet are actually very well evolved for bipedal locomotion. Certainly given the non bipedal back foot it had to evolve from. They're so well evolved and suited for purpose that they haven't changed much if at all in many millions of years. The Laetoli footprints found in Tanzania were left by a non direct line hominid Australopithecus(well there's some debate there) nearly 4 million years ago and they look just like our feet. However the rest of the Australopithecus skeleton has much more primitive features compared to us. The arms, shoulder, hands, body shape and a few other things are much more "apelike". Feet were one of the things that came first with us as a people. Brains and more modern hands and all that came after. So spare a thought for those feet of yours. They're pretty impressive and have a very deep history going all the way back to the dawn of humanity

Well, kinda. There is some debate over the continued purpose of the organ. It may have some immune system purpose.

AH answer. If you get athletes foot, blast it with piss.

Don't you start with your 4 million years ago , everyone knows we're only 2000 years old.

catallus · 14-06-2014 10:19PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Don't you start with your 4 million years ago , everyone knows we're only 2000 6000 years old.

Get it right wud ya!?

Overheal · 14-06-2014 10:22PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

We need the toes for balance but do we need the toenails? In 2 weeks time, I've to get two ingrown toenails removed, from each of my big toes. I got one removed 10 years ago so there was a bit of limping around, but how do you limp if both feet are operated on?

I imagine nails are a function of supporting skin on an extremity, like a clip.

Wait, that just gave me a really weird image of a mutated penis.

catallus · 14-06-2014 10:24PM

Overheal wrote: »

I imagine nails are a function of supporting skin on an extremity, like a clip.

It is sad to see such vanity. Who are you to say you know the mind of God?

Wibbs · 14-06-2014 10:30PM

catallus wrote: »

Get it right wud ya!?

6004. Get it right for feck sake.

corner of hells · 14-06-2014 10:33PM

Wibbs wrote: »

6004. Get it right for feck sake.

6014 pfft and you a Mod.

Evolution of Feet.

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