When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear? We cannot look to physical evidence of shoes for the answer, as the perishable materials from which they were made would no longer be evident.

Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle ...

The chance discovery of fossilized animal tracks high in the Maroon Bells Wilderness has caused a flurry of excitement in the scientific community and is helping geologists gain a fuller understanding ...

The quest to uncover our ancestors' first fashion footwear has led archaeologists to an intriguing path. Traditional physical evidence of ancient shoes has long since faded in history due to their ...

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The set of 88 prints is about 12,000 years old, scientists say, and was found in the military’s Utah Test and Training Range. Footprints discovered on the Utah Test and Training Range, about 80 miles ...

Possible shod hominin tracks in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Credit: Charles Helm When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear? We cannot look to physical evidence of shoes ...