Daniel Lieberman, a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University, says:
People have been running barefoot for millions of years and it has only been since 1972 that people have been wearing shoes with thick, synthetic heels.
Well, they weren’t running on asphalt for million years. And they weren’t running for the pleasure or the healthy effect of it either, I guess.
There are a few other things I disagree with in the article, but it makes an interesting read non-the-less.
yep, they are great. I know about them from a year now… i want!
Believe me asphalt is one of the easier surfaces to run barefoot on. It’s flat and smooth. Our ancestors would have loved it.
Mister Small,
I guess you have a different type of asphalt out there. Mud, grass, sand, and even pebbles are easier to run barefoot on, than asphalt around here. :)