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December 4, 2014

They’ve Just Found The World’s Oldest Engraving – Check It Out

Researchers have discovered a 430,000-year-old shell doodle. Could this suggest that our ancestors had considerable manual dexterity?

Hmmm that’s a bit of a let down. A few zig-zag scribbles and some dots seem to pretty much cover the extent of it.

But anyway, it’s still pretty impressive – I mean, what were we expecting? A manuscript revealing the meaning of life? Or more importantly, the cheats to clocking the Clash of Clans game app?

Dr Stephen Munro thinks otherwise, he believes the find “rewrites history”.

Time will tell I guess, but one thing is for sure, this is pretty big for the human race’s credibility.

See The Guardian for more