{
  "id": 19569492,
  "title": "15,000 Years Ago, A Woman and Child May Have Left Overlapping Fingerprints on an Ancient Clay Figurine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/15-000-years-ago-a-woman-and-child-may-have-left-overlapping",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T23:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
    "slug": "discover-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/15-000-years-ago-a-woman-and-child-may-have-left-overlapping-fingerprints-on-an-ancient-clay-figurine-49935"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the ancient land of Israel, approximately 15,000 years ago, a unique moment may have taken place. A female and a child, perhaps related, left their fingerprints on an ancient clay figurine, creating an impression that resembles a parent-child interaction. This figurine is one of 154 artifacts from three Natufian sites, pre-dating the advent of agriculture. The Natufians were hunter-gatherers who lived in villages, and these clay figures mark a significant step in artistic expression, as they show creativity and cultural knowledge being shared across generations.",
  "summary": "Learn how two prints pressed into the same figurine hint that hunter-gatherers taught children to shape clay thousands of years before farming began.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}