It's a losing battle, made manifest by the absurdity of his costume--a warrior-knot and samurai-like robes over
pigeontoed shoes--and the frailty of his human nature.
habilis, while bipedal, possess feet which are rotated inward, such that locomotion on the hind limbs would have been extremely "
pigeontoed" and, in fact, not well suited for striding.
Here was an appallingly
pigeontoed, shuffling unfortunate with a head and body that never stopped twitching.