First evidence of writing found in a German cave

The birth of writing could be 40,000 years earlier than previously thought after scientists found etchings in a German cave.

First writing may be 40,000 years earlier than thought

Until now it was thought that writing developed in Mesopotamia around 3,000 BCE, followed by hieroglyphics in Egypt and later in China and Mesoamerica. "The Stone Age sign sequences are an early ...