40,000-Year-Old Cave Symbols May be Part of a Single Global Language

If we take a look at what history tells us, we will find that the earliest known writing systems developed in ancient Sumer sometime around 3,400 BC.

A plethora of archaeological evidence suggests that this is where the first writing system appeared.

But what if there was evidence that contradicts this well-accepted notion?

What if we were to discover symbols that point towards an early writing system that predates that of ancient Mesopotamia?

Better yet, what if we already have discovered it, but somehow missed it?

A researcher believes to have found a ‘code’ embedded deep within ancient Cave symbols, which may represent the ‘root of human writing’: The same 32 symbols show up over and over in prehistoric European cave art.

Paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger from the University of Victoria in Canada may have something to say about this.

Studying symbols that have been carved tens of thousands of years ago in caves around the world may help us reveal a fascinating history that has been omitted for centuries. Read the free article.