Lines, dots and other symbols painted in caves during the last Ice Age may be the earliest example of proto writing -- symbols that communicate a small amount of information like an emoji
may be the earliest example of proto writing -- symbols that communicate a small amount of information like an emoji.on Thursday, the study shows that 20,000-year-old markings made by hunter-gatherers alongside drawings of prey animals recorded animal behavior"critical" to people's survival.
" was of critical importance to the paleolithic hunter-gatherers dependent on them for survival, i.e. mating and birthing, both when the animals could be found massed in large numbers," he added. A statistical analysis of a large data set consisting of records of animals that lived in the time period, including aurochs , salmon and horses, allowed the researchers to match the months of the year in which species engage in specific types of behavior, such as mating, birthing or migration.
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