Although humans started making art (cave paintings, figurines, etc.) to depict the world around them over 40,000 years ago, writing did not emerge until much later in human history. These early cave paintings turned into pictographs, which then turned into proto-writing systems.

1 天前 · Writing is one of humanity’s most transformative inventions, enabling the recording of history, the administration of societies, and the expression of complex ideas. Among the earliest writing systems are cuneiform, hieroglyphs, and the Indus script, each of which emerged independently in different parts of the ancient world.

2023年1月18日 · Though anthropologists and archaeologists tend to accept that the oldest written word appeared around 5,000 years ago, a new paper published in the Cambridge Archaeology Journal pushes this date back by about 15,000 years.

2023年7月26日 · Ever wonder what the oldest written text that has ever been found is? Needless to say, it’s pretty old, but humans have been communicating about their experiences and reality for millennia. It...

2024年11月30日 · A Sumerian proto-cuneiform clay tablet—the Kish Tablet—is the oldest confirmed written text and offers a glimpse into the evolution of ancient writing. It uses proto-cuneiform pictographs and was created around 5,500 years ago.

The history of writing traces the development of writing systems [1] and how their use transformed and was transformed by different societies. The use of writing prefigures various social and psychological consequences associated with literacy and literary culture.

2024年12月20日 · Thankfully, our ancestors in Mesopotamia broke this cycle around 5,500 years ago by pressing symbols into clay, giving humanity one of its greatest tools: writing. The Kish tablet, a humble clay...

2024年11月9日 · A recent study has revealed a compelling link between Mesopotamian cylinder seals used in trade and the proto-cuneiform symbols that emerged as one of the earliest writing systems.