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Proto-Elamite may rewrite the early history of writing
New Scientist reports that the 5,000-year-old script remains largely undeciphered but could mark the first time people represented speech with written words.
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New Scientist describes proto-Elamite as a long-overlooked script that emerged at the dawn of writing about 5,000 years ago. It remains largely undeciphered, but the publication says it could mark the moment people first represented speech with written words, potentially changing the early history of writing.
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