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Stone Age Symbols: A Precursor to Writing Discovered on Mammoth Tusk Artifacts

Discover how 45,000-year-old symbols on mammoth tusks found in Germany might be a very early form of writing, changing what we know about ancient communication.

#AncientSymbols, #StoneAge, #EarlyWriting, #MammothTusk, #GermanCaves

https://newsletter.tf/stone-age-symbols-germany-mammoth-tusk-writing/

Stone Age Symbols: A Precursor to Writing Discovered on Mammoth Tusk Artifacts

Discover how 45,000-year-old symbols on mammoth tusks found in Germany might be a very early form of writing, changing what we know about ancient communication.

#AncientSymbols, #StoneAge, #EarlyWriting, #MammothTusk, #GermanCaves

https://newsletter.tf/stone-age-symbols-germany-mammoth-tusk-writing/

New research shows symbols on 45,000-year-old mammoth tusks found in Germany. This is 30,000 years older than writing we knew about before.

#AncientSymbols, #StoneAge, #EarlyWriting, #MammothTusk, #GermanCaves

https://newsletter.tf/stone-age-symbols-germany-mammoth-tusk-writing/

New research shows symbols on 45,000-year-old mammoth tusks found in Germany. This is 30,000 years older than writing we knew about before.

#AncientSymbols, #StoneAge, #EarlyWriting, #MammothTusk, #GermanCaves

https://newsletter.tf/stone-age-symbols-germany-mammoth-tusk-writing/

The claim is rather extraordinary:
existence of writing during the Late Paleolithic.

The claim is based on statistical analysis.
Now, "more than 3,000 characters on 260 objects" means an average of just 12 characters per object, but the article doesn't mention even the range of character counts per object, never mind the variance.

BBC Article:
Patterns on mammoth tusks help to retell history of writing
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgknj7yyv2o>

#Archaeology
#EarlyWriting
#Paleolithic
#Prehistory

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/marks-from-40000-years-ago-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing/

#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #EarlyWriting #OriginsOfWriting #WritingSystems #RockArt #AncientSymbols #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ScientificStudy #HumanEvolution #AncientEurope #40000YearsOld #HistoryMysteries #AncientCivilizations #Antiquity #ScienceAndHistory #RecentResearch #CulturalHeritage

Dans la famille des tablettes antiques, je demande... (le fils ! Ah non zut c'est pas ce jeu là).

Voici un pendentif inspiré des tablettes en argile sumériennes, écriture cunéiforme (Mésopotamie)

https://fumiferus.etsy.com/listing/4421516385

#pyrography #woodburning #woodart #ancientart #ancienttablets #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archeology #claytablets #ancientwriting #earlywriting #ancientcivilizations #historyinspired

Dans la famille des tablettes antiques, je demande... (le fils ! Ah non zut c'est pas ce jeu là).

Voici un pendentif inspiré des tablettes en argile sumériennes, écriture cunéiforme (ancienne Mésopotamie)

https://fumiferus.etsy.com/listing/4421516385

#pyrography #woodburning #woodart #ancientart #ancienttablets #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archeology #claytablets #ancientwriting #earlywriting #ancientcivilizations #historyinspired

Dans la famille des tablettes antiques, je demande... (le fils ! Ah non zut c'est pas ce jeu là).

Voici un pendentif inspiré des tablettes en argile sumériennes, écriture cunéiforme (ancienne Mésopotamie)

https://fumiferus.etsy.com/listing/4421516385

#pyrography #woodburning #woodart #ancientart #ancienttablets #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archeology #claytablets #ancientwriting #earlywriting #ancientcivilizations #historyinspired

Dans la famille des tablettes antiques, je demande... (le fils ! Ah non zut c'est pas ce jeu là).

Voici un pendentif inspiré des tablettes en argile sumériennes, écriture cunéiforme (ancienne Mésopotamie)

https://fumiferus.etsy.com/listing/4421516385

#pyrography #woodburning #woodart #ancientart #ancienttablets #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archeology #claytablets #ancientwriting #earlywriting #ancientcivilizations #historyinspired

Dans la famille des tablettes antiques, je demande... (le fils ! Ah non zut c'est pas ce jeu là).

Voici un pendentif inspiré des tablettes en argile sumériennes, écriture cunéiforme (Mésopotamie)

https://fumiferus.etsy.com/listing/4421516385

#pyrography #woodburning #woodart #ancientart #ancienttablets #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archeology #claytablets #ancientwriting #earlywriting #ancientcivilizations #historyinspired