• Question: Do you think knee caps and behinds are necessary? Serious question.

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 13 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Phillip Manning

      Phillip Manning answered on 13 Jun 2014:

      The muscles and bones that make up your body are linked in some of the most curious ways. If you were to damage your knee caps or bash your behind, you will soon feel the knock-on effects on your locomotor ability…basically, it would be tough to walk. So in a word, ‘YES’ they are necessary 🙂

      Best wishes

      Prof. Phil

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 14 Jun 2014:

      Without kneecaps we wouldn’t be able to bend our legs as much so walking and running would be more difficult. Some more basic animals don’t have kneecaps and their tendons attach the top of their leg straight to the bottom, whereas we have kneecaps as a kind of midway point!
      I think sitting down would be quite uncomfortable without a nice cushioned behind!

    • Photo: Lynne Thomas

      Lynne Thomas answered on 15 Jun 2014:

      I think if they weren’t necessary, we would have evolved differently! I certainly can’t imagine not being able to bend down at the knees and it would be very tiring if we had to stand up all day if we didn’t have a cushioned behind to sit on!

    • Photo: Daren Fearon

      Daren Fearon answered on 15 Jun 2014:

      I couldn’t play football without kneecaps and I couldn’t take a seat on the bench afterwards without my behind, so I think they are necessary. We evolved to have kneecaps and behinds as they gave us an advantage our ancestors which didn’t have them, so they must be important.

    • Photo: Simon Redfern

      Simon Redfern answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      certainly necessary for me. Maybe not for an earthworm?

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