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Much later than in Europe, figurative art appeared in the Levant about 15,000 years ago, as 2 million years of hunting and gathering as a lifestyle approached its close
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Tens of thousands of years ago, hunter-gatherers in Europe were fashioning stunning figurines and jewelry out of stone, bones, and animal teeth. Not clay, though, it appears. The earliest known utilization of clay was by the Pavlovian culture in the Czech Republic starting around 37,000 years ago.
