I’d have put the vocal chords in the nasal passage, allowing humans to still talk while eliminating the choking problem.

Exactly. A very simple correction to the design would allow for both.

The laryngeal nerve is a great example of how flawed our bodies are. A few more are:

• Our back is terrible for walking upright. It evolved as a horizontal support and doesn’t work well when compressed.
• Our hips are too narrow for the size skull we give birth to. Many women die from this without healthcare.
• Our eyes suck. A lot of people need corrective lenses from a young age. This gets even worse as we age.
• Speaking of eyes, our retinas are backwards. The nerves that send the signals back to our brains run in front the receptors that pick up the light. We have a blind spot because those nerves need to pass through to reach the brain.