Handprints Discovered In Tibet May Be The Earliest Human ‘Art’ Ever Found

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Hundreds of thousands of years ago, two children pressed their hands into soft limestone in present-day Quesang, Tibet. As time passed, the limestone hardened, preserving their handprints. Now, some archeologists believe that this ancient echo of childhood play might represent the oldest human art ever found.“The prints would not be simply byproducts of some other activity such as jumping or running,” explained Thomas Urban, an archeologist at Cornell University who co-authored a recent study on the prints. “They are a primary product — the printmaker was making the prints intentionally.”