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Bethel Woods
Bethel Woods

@Beth · Aug 29, 2025

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The oldest record of a human shoe isn’t in China. It’s not in the fertile cresent. It’s in Oregon. We live in a prehistoric place.

Who Invented the Shoe? Scientists Say Footwear May Be More Than 40,000 Years Old

Who Invented the Shoe? Scientists Say Footwear May Be More Than 40,000 Years Old

While the oldest footwear dates back only 8 millennia, current research suggests that we’ve been lacing up shoes or sandals for nearly 150,000 years.

discovermagazine.com

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