History

Smile, it’s Friday! 😃

Meet ‘The Oldest Smile in the World’ a tiny face that’s been smiling for some 7,400 years!

Carved from oak during the Mesolithic, this small human figure was found in 1966 in a layer of peat during dock construction at Willemstad in the Netherlands.… pic.twitter.com/wCRFgJaGGj

— Alison Fisk (@AlisonFisk) September 25, 2026