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Lines Carved on 1,20,000-Year-old Bone in Israel Could Be Earliest Known Symbols Used by Humans
News 18Multiple bone fragments which date back to about 120,000 years ago, or the Middle Paleolithic era, have been discovered by archaeologists at an excavation site near Ramla in central Israel. One of the bone fragments features six parallel etchings on the side, which the researchers believe is "the oldest known example of this form of messaging"in Levant and are the first evidence of prehistoric symbols used by humans. According to Dr Yossi Zaidner of the Institute of Archeology, Hebrew University, the site near Ramla may have been used as a camp or meeting place by Paleolithic hunters to slaughter the animals they had caught, reports Daily Mail. Dr Iris Groman-Yaroslavski from the University of Haifasaid that based on their study, they surmised that people in prehistoric times used sharp tool made from flint rock to make engravings.A 3-D imaging was used to analyze the bone fragment to view the details of the engravings, ranging in length from 38 mm to 42 mm.
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