QUESTION: Why do our feet have so many bones? ANSWER: Human feet each have 26 bones, along with many muscles and joints. This seems like a lot, but we can do a lot of things with all of these bones.

Feet are one of the most sensitive parts of the body - each sole has 72,000 nerve endings.Our feet carry us more than twice round the world in our lifetime.The skin on the soles of our feet is harder ...

The foot bones of a toddler who died 3 million years ago show that baby pre-humans could both walk upright like modern humans and scamper up trees like apes, researchers said Wednesday. The ...

Get your blood flowing to build bone density. The moves in this Quick Fit routine will put positive stress on your feet and hips and increase blood flow. Trainer Cassy Vieth leads a series of ...

One in 13 people have flexible ape-like feet, according to a new study. Scientists studied the feet of 398 visitors to the Boston Museum of Science, and found significant differences in their bone ...

Michaela Davert, 25, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta Type III, a condition that makes a person more likely to fracture their bones Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE.