Sandals a Simple, Comfortable Shoe With a Long History

Sandals were the very first shoes ever to grace human feet. In fact, while we might think that perhaps it was the ancient Greeks who first wore sandals, they actually go all the way back to the Ice Age, 5,000,000 years ago, while the first people were still wearing animal skins. These basic leather sandals protected the feet of our Stone Aged ancestors from sharp rocks and thorns.

Even 15,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic period, there were rock paintings depicting people wearing sandals. Of course, these were only the most basic leather sandals, and they wore away quickly. It wasn