Hunter-gatherers were possibly first to call Tibetan Plateau home
High-altitude foragers moved in long before farmers, new dates indicate
![Tibetan Plateau](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/010417_BB_tibetan-plateau_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
HUNTER-GATHERER HANGOUT New dates for hand- and footprints on a rock slab suggest that foragers lived year-round on the Tibetan Plateau, shown here, well before farmers did. Much about initial settlement of this high-altitude region remains unclear, though.
Mark Aldenderfer