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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Lose the shoes! It’s time to get ready for Barefoot-Boy Summer

Ten reasons to go without your socks and shoes.
Ten reasons to go without your socks and shoes. Photograph: Laurence Monneret/Getty Images

Name: Bare feet.

Age: The oldest shoes ever found are estimated to be about 9,000 years old, so older than that. Bare feet have been around since there have been people with feet – or since Adam and Eve.

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