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Modern human skeletons, with our lightly-built form, evolved only relatively recently, after the start of the Holocene about 12,000 years ago and even more recently in some human populations, according to a study that used high-resolution imaging of bone joints from modern humans and chimpanzees as well as from fossils of extinct human species.

A new study suggests that the earliest shoes might have been worn 150,000 years ago, as indicated by fossilized imprints resembling shoe tracks.

Given that there are no known remains of such ancient footwear remaining since they were largely biodegradable, the researchers instead turned to Ichnology, the study of fossilized footprints.

A recent report showed that early humans could have worn footwear during the Middle Stone Age, or about 75,000 years ago. They likely wore flip-flops to protect their foot. Read here.

Unearthed ancient footprints challenge our understanding of footwear history.

The Virgin Galactic 03 space trip included some fossilized remains of ancient human relatives Australopithecus sebida and Homo naledi.

In a move that is garnering considerable criticism from the scientific community, a recent Virgin Galactic mission transported two ancient hominin fossils to the edge of space.

Scientists are questioning a mission that sent fossils to the brink of space, igniting a debate on ethics, intentions, and anthropological integrity.

‘I am horrified they were granted a permit’

The decision to send hominin bones on a commercial spaceflight has raised eyebrows among paleontologists