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You might have heard that a quarter of your skeleton is in your shoes, and that’s true, as long as they’re closed-toe. So why do we need that many foot bones? The answer is more complicated than you think, and to get to the bottom of it all, we need to talk tetrapods, hominins, and also define what a foot even is, anyway.