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The Measurement of Footprints (Pedobarography)

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The Human Foot

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It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man’s naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition, for there was exactly the very print of a foot, toes, heel and every part of a foot.

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  1. The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Leslie Klenerman MBBCh, ChM, FRCS (Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery)

  2. Center for the Advance Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA

    Bernard Wood MBBS, PhD, DSc

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Klenerman, L., Wood, B. (2006). The Measurement of Footprints (Pedobarography). In: The Human Foot. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-032-X_5

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