Abstract
Tendo Achillis does not occur in the great apes, our immediate ancestors, but is a hallmark of bipedal man. Its presence may be related to the greater relative length of the tarsal bones in man. The name is derived from the description in the Iliad by the Greek poet, Homer, written between 750 and
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