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    Family Friendly Mascot Buffalobiian's Avatar
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    People swing their arms when they walk. Why?

    Because it consumes less energy.

    Energy required: Normal swinging < Opposite swinging (left leg, left arm) < still arms.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090728...ncearmsoffbeat

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    Makes sense, so then why do Chinese girls seem to do it so exaggeratedly?

    Little or none, some experts have said, contending that arm-swinging, like our appendix, is an evolutionary relic from when we used to go about on all fours.
    Once again, unsurprisingly, Evolutionary science strikes out.

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    So then how do we know to walk like that? Do we subconsciously observe the differences in energy output and adjust over time, or is it instinct?
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