A butterfly clay bead from the Final Natufian period (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A butterfly clay bead from the Final Natufian period

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A butterfly clay bead from the Final Natufian period in Eynan-Mallaha (Upper Jordan Valley), colored red with ochre and marked with the fingerprints of the child (≈10 years old) who modeled it 12,000 years ago. Four other beads discovered in other villages were also modeled by children. The study presents the largest collection of Paleolithic fingerprints known today. 

 

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Laurent Davin

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