In the current era of our culture, the pressure to become fitter and healthier is leading to new speculations regarding health and our first ancestors. Whether it's eating like a "caveman" on the paleo diet or running in fashionable barefoot running shoes, it seems that, now more than ever, people are trying to mirror early Homo sapiens. Media and advertising are pushing our culture to become more natural, to the point where new evidence may suggest it may not be as beneficial for preventing injuries in distance runners, as Kevin Hatala, Heather Dingwall, Roshna Wundelich and Brian Richmond. Researchers at George Washington University in Washington DC decided to study early human runners. Through research on early Kenyans, studies have shown that early hominids did not wear any type of footwear, providing a direct link showing that individuals walked barefoot in the heart of Africa. Fossil footprints found in Ilerert, Kenya also showed evidence of this. This group of researchers attempted to connect ancient runners with those of African runners, hoping to solidify the idea of ​​barefoot running. These individuals tend to run shorter distances at high speeds and strike the ground with either the back of their heels or the whole foot. Throughout the article, there is evidence that does not support the hypothesis that a forefoot striking pattern is "typical" of running. gait of those who are usually barefoot. Most people observed in this study tended to use the rear feed strike during long endurance runs, compared to those who ran a shorter distance. During this study, the article shows that the percentage of Kenyan Kalenjin who have a...... middle of paper...... helps us get closer to our earliest hominid ancestors and how they may possibly have run. For me, this article was interesting about the different types of running patterns, but it was difficult to connect it to the earliest ancestors who lived in Africa millions of years ago. So many developments have changed not only the human species, but also the environment and what we can escape from or escape from. Not all barefoot individuals run in a certain striking pattern. As a runner, I picked up some interesting facts about how different foot strike patterns impact the legs differently. It would be interesting to see how different types of striking patterns affect and favor different groups of humans differently. Works Cited Hatala KG, Dingwall HL, Wunderlich RE, et al. 2013. Variation in foot strike patterns during running among habitually barefoot populations. PLoS UN 8(1): e52548.