Writing May Have Begun 40,000 Years Ago

Ancient carvings once thought decorative may actually be early attempts to record information. Their statistical complexity matches that of proto-cuneiform, pushing the origins of writing-like systems back over 40,000 years. More than 40,000 years ago, early humans were already engraving marks onto tools, figurines, and other objects. A new study by linguist Christian Bentz of [...]