In the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish, the goddess Ninhursag created humans from clay.
In Africa, the Yoruba culture holds that the god Obatala likewise created the human race.
In Egyptian mythology, the ram-headed god Khnum made people from clay in the waters of the Nile.
In Chinese myth, the goddess Nuwa created the first humans from mud and clay.
According to Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
According to Qur'an[23:12–15], Allah created man from clay.
Mayan myth holds that Tepeu and Kukulkán (Quetzalcoatl) made the first humans from clay, but they were unsatisfactory.
The Navajo attributed the creation of humans to Spider Grandmother.
The Māori people believe that Tāne Mahuta, God of the forest, created the first woman out of clay and breathed life into her.

does not seems that creating man from clay an inherited myth. Someone may say that a proof that GOD created man from clay because it is consistents but this conflicts what people beleive , because they don't believe in anitent gods so if you believe the story then you have to believe the author which means if this is a proof then religous people shall admit that old gods are the same as new gods and this raise another question of GOD being showed himself in multiple formats for different people and sometimes multiple instances like in Babylonian era where there were many gods.