Signs on Stone Age objects: Precursor to written language dates back 40,000 years (IMAGE)

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Signs on Stone Age objects: Precursor to written language dates back 40,000 years

Caption

The mammoth figurine from Vogelherd Cave, approximately 40,000 years old, bears multiple sequences of crosses and dots on its surface.

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Credit: Universität Tübingen / Hildegard Jensen, CC-BY-SA 4.0

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