A tiny 12,000-year-old clay figurine from Nahal Ein Gev II captures a rare human-animal encounter. This Natufian sculpture marks a turning point in symbolic expression just before the Neolithic. #Archaeology #Natufian #HumanOrigins #Prehistory https://www.anthropology.net/p/clay-shadows-and-the-first-stories
Clay, Shadows, and the First Stories We Told: A 12,000-Year-Old Woman and Her Goose

A tiny figurine from the Late Natufian period reshapes our understanding of creativity, ritual, and the symbolic imagination on the cusp of the Neolithic.

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