Post #1348519

2026-03-07 08:57 UTC

Suddenly it's framed as "protocuneiform", which is accurate in terminology, but it also automatically makes people build a connection to protocuneiform from Mesopotamia, and allows them to claim "Europeans were first!", without considering the possibility that something similar could’ve also been developed even earlier. I'm thinking of the far older cave paintings in Indonesia for example, and that was not even Homo Sapiens. Oh the possibilities that could open up! (4/12)

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@cassana@the-crossroads-inn.com 2026-03-07 08:57

We cannot make any such claims anyway. We see Europe as a distinct continent with specific cultures, but further back, it all breaks down. The Aurignacians aren't associated purely with sites in Europe either, but also with the Levant, from which they moved towards the Balkans and then further west. That migration was rapid, roughly 2-4k years to move from the Levant to Spain. And where along the way did they have the idea for this protocuneiform? (5/12)

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