This item is taken from the monthly magazine Sciences et Avenir n°952, dated June 2026.
A fundamental function of our species, walking is no longer simply a mode of transportation. It is "the primary means of improving overall health", According to Joffrey Zoll, a researcher specializing in physical activity at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Strasbourg. Why? "Because the human species evolved with walking," Homo sapiens is a walker and therefore used physical activity as a physiological activator,” the scientist continued.
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