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Comment by dismalaf

5 hours ago

Not the OP but there's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_symbols

Some people also interpret some symbols on mammoth tusks going back 50k years as writing but that's a stretch IMO.

Interpreting Vinca symbols as a full-blown writing system is also widely considered a stretch.

  • Are you talking alphabet or just writing system?

    It's clear by the number of symbols it's a writing system of sorts (proto-writing). It could definitely be pictograms (probably IMO), but then again, cuneiform, hieroglyphics and Chinese writing all started as pictograms as well.