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Anthropology

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1. Pretty much anyone that built anything major had some kind of writing. It may not have been a written language,

Sat Feb 10, 2024, 05:22 PM

Feb 2024

but they were marking shit down on something that lasted for a while anyway. That must have been how all written languages started.

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Undeciphered script from Easter Island may predate European colonization [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2024 OP

I think I deciphered at least part of it: ret5hd Feb 2024 #2

written like a true smart mouth... nebby70 Feb 2024 #4

Fascinating! Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #3