Q: These are said to have first come into use 5000 years ago. They were developed for hunting and are still used today mostly for leisure and sport. What are they?
A: Ice skates.
Ice skates – we all love watching elegant figure skaters like Torvill and Dean, and perhaps even going for a skate around a romantic Christmas ice rink ourselves, but what most people probably don’t know is that ice skating has been around for thousands of years. The earliest skates, made from animal bones, are 5,000 years old, and were used by Finnish people when out hunting in harsh winter conditions. A far cry from the circumstances in which they’re used today!
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