12,000 years of female figures bear witness to Stone Age change

12,000 years of female figures bear witness to Stone Age change

This small clay figure of a woman with a goose is 12,000 years old and comes from a settlement of the Natufian culture in the Levant. © Laurent Davin

Woman with a goose: A small, 12,000-year-old clay figure from a prehistoric settlement on the Sea of ​​Galilee provides archaeologists with new insights into the development of early art and symbolism. The 3.7 centimeter small figure is the oldest sculpture to date of an interaction between humans and animals and the oldest naturalistic depiction of a woman

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