Freud argues in Totem and Taboo that the first written sign was actually the totemic figure(s) which tribes use in their various rituals. We can surmise that fr

Freud argues in Totem and Taboo that the first written sign was actually the totemic figure(s) which tribes use in their various rituals. We can surmise that from these signs evolved pictographs, which then became systematic pictographic writing, which then led to our modern writing systems.