{"id":118915,"date":"2023-09-19T08:41:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=118915"},"modified":"2023-09-19T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:41:19","slug":"stone-age-humans-were-wearing-sandals-148000-years-ago-experts-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/stone-age-humans-were-wearing-sandals-148000-years-ago-experts-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone Age humans were wearing sandals 148,000 years ago, experts claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mysterious set of footprints found in three separate locations around South Africa have blown decades-long theories about sandals wide open.<\/p>\n

The human prints, located on the Cape coast, are thought to date to around 148,000-years-old. And while many assumed sandals were worn during the time of Jesus, it was not thought they were worn centuries before that in the Stone Age.<\/p>\n

However, the new footprint shows that humans were wearing sandals with \u201crounded anterior ends, crisp margins and possible evidence of strap attachment parts\u201d. The study was made public by a group of scientists around the world, led by Charles Helm from Nelson Mandela University.<\/p>\n

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He wrote: \u201cThe purported tracks have dimensions that are broadly consistent with those of hominin tracks. \u201cTrack sizes appear to correspond to the tracks either of juvenile track-makers, or else small-adult hominin track-makers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we do not consider the evidence conclusive, we interpret the three sites, as suggesting the presence of shod-hominin track-makers using hard-soled sandals. In the Middle Stone Age, a significant foot laceration might have been a death sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIchnological evidence from three palaeosurfaces on South Africa\u2019s Cape coast, in conjunction with neoichnological study, suggests that humans may indeed have worn footwear while traversing dune surfaces during the Middle Stone Age. The hominin track record may be biased towards identification of tracks made by barefoot individuals, therefore the development of criteria for the identification of shod-hominin tracks should aid in future interpretation efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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