[mcpackieh]

Can you explain this joke? pugworthy didn't suggest that Oregon is in Europe.

He's right by the way. Presumably he's downvoted because people only read the headline and assumed the sandals are the same age as the baskets? TFA clearly states that the sandals "could" be as old as 6,200 years. Second sentence.

[pugworthy]

I mostly was wanting to share the age of the Oregon Fort Rock sandals because of this quote from the article...

“My first reaction was, ‘Oh my God, that is not possible,’”

If you were aware of the Fort Rock sandals and their age, then this is not only possible, but quite probable given similar finds from thousands of years before already existed - on another continent.

[loky4i4]

Because obviously he didn't read even headline where it says "Europe's Oldest" not world, so who care about sandals from Oregon