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We have plenty of artifacts and paintings from hunter-gatherers, but no evidence at all of writing. Meanwhile, we have mountains of evidence of writing from th
by DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
We have plenty of artifacts and paintings from hunter-gatherers, but no evidence at all of writing.
Meanwhile, we have mountains of evidence of writing from the advanced, settled Bronze-Age civilizations.
We can't be sure that nobody ever scribbled some symbol down before the invention of agriculture, but we know it can't have been common.
- mmooss 2y agoYou are still conflating 'advanced, settled Bronze-Age civilizations' with agriculture. Most agricultural communities were not 'advanced' (almost by definition). > We have plenty of artifacts and paintings from hunter-gatherers Do we? And in the Neolithic or later?
- DiogenesKynikos 2y agoIn the global context, they were extremely advanced.