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Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects

Researchers found that most of the tiny Natufian figurines were made by women and children, including some younger than 10, PLOS One reported.

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Natufian hunter-gatherers may have shown their kids how to sculpt clay, sets of preserved fingerprints suggest.

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Stone Age kid sculptors? Fingerprints on ancient clay suggest so

Experts say they are the earliest known example of a tradition of making clay figurines in the Middle East.

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Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects

Natufian hunter-gatherers may have shown their kids how to sculpt clay, sets of preserved fingerprints suggest.

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Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer broke the news on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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