Ancient Footprints Suggest Hard-soled Shoes

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New discovery suggests ancient humans wore modern item centuries ago

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Study of ancient footprints in South Africa suggests that humans may have been wearing hard-soled sandals.

The well-preserved prints’ unusual characteristics may provide the oldest evidence so far that people used shoes to protect their feet from sharp rocks during the Middle Stone Age .

The footprints show no toes, discerning it from barefoot markings.

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