An amateur archaeologist has decoded what experts describe as 'the first known writing in the history of Homo sapiens,' according to a paper published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal.
. His hobby led to the"first specific reading of European Upper Palaeolithic communication," the journal article reads.
For example, a line or a dot would mean months, so four dots or lines would represent the fourth month after the start of spring. Then, a symbol resembling the letter Y was used to mean"to give birth," the journal article says, and the position of the Y amongst the dots or lines would indicate a due date.
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