Ancient fake toes were made for walking
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 12:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers have suspected two Egyptian artificial toes are the world's oldest known prosthetic body parts. A new study suggests that is the case: Volunteers without a big toe showed the prosthetics would have made walking around in ancient Egyptian sandals much easier, suggesting they were not just used in burial or in some other non-practical way.