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Has the good prof compared his results/conclusions with footbones from present-day villagers in Africa who still go barefoot, year round. Doubt that protectivewinter footwear would affect bone structure that much, & bet they did not wear even sandals in spring, summer & autumn,till it got very cold.
Villagers in Eastern Europe still went barefoot in the 1930's except to go to church, Sundays & holidays. Still remember many of them carrying their boots around their neck and sitting down to put them on before entering a church. In 1939 saw Rumanian troops marching through cold, late Autumn rainpuddles, half of them barefoot, and many of those wearing footwear were wearing bast (plaited willow-bark) sandals.
My advice:- Don't accept a profs hypothesis without further proof.
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