Aching Feet? Early Humans Figured Out Solutions

MSNBC ^ | 8-20-2005 | Erik Trinkaus

[blam]

Aching feet? Early humans figured out solution

Scientist says some sort of arch support goes back 26,000 years

The first supportive footwear was probably modest, but it definitely predates the Nike Empire.

Erik Trinkaus at Washington University in St. Louis says the first shoes designed to do more than insulate and cushion were worn between 26,000 and 30,000 years ago in Eurasia.

He has no old shoes to prove the claim. They wouldn't have survived that long.

Instead, Trinkaus studied anatomical evidence in early modern humans and found a reduction in the strength of the smaller toes in folks of the Upper Paleolithic.

"I discovered that the bones of the little toes of humans from that time frame were much less strongly built than those of their ancestors while their leg bones remained large and strong," Trinkaus said. "The most logical cause would be the introduction of supportive footwear."

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Dr Scholl's limestone rock support arches....

[mikrofon]

And then they learned to-

Walk Like an Egyptian

[Graymatter]

He has no old shoes to prove the claim.

No matter. If it's accurate, it's ok to fake them now.

[ASA Vet]

If it's accurate, it's ok to fake them now

I'd ra^ther you don't tell us to whom you refer.

[DannyTN]

Wasn't their also a reduction in overall bone strength between modern humans and ancient fossils?

I thereby submit that the exoskeleton was invented thousands of years ago resulting in the reduced skeletal structure. The use of exoskeletions were stopped as farming and civiliations took place. Therefore the skeletons never regained their prior vigor.

I have no exoskeletons to prove it. They were made out of decomposeable materials and would not have survived that long.

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