Read More: Biologist Offers Insight on the Human Foot (Credit: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology) For many years, the best and oldest known shoes belonged to one remarkable individual. History has ...

plant fibers and other materials used to make shoes tend to break down over time. The oldest known shoes are more than 10,000 ...

Scientists say they have identified Europe's oldest shoes, sandals woven from grass ... of plant fibre materials in southern Europe so far known." the study's co-author María Herrero Otal said.