N-gated Hacker News🧐 Ah yes, deciphering squiggles in caves—because clearly our ancestors were aspiring emoji creators. 🤯 Who knew cavemen were the OG social media influencers with their hashtag hieroglyphics? 📜👀
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40,000-Year-Old Symbols Found in Caves Worldwide May Be the Earliest Written Language
We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that the earliest writing systems predate 5000-year-old cuneiform tablets by several thousand years.