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Why Did Humans Start Writing?
What were the first things that humans wrote?
By studying written forms across many languages, could we learn more about who we are as humans?
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Origin of Alphabet
The alphabet is a hierarchy of human survival strategies. The links below provide data supporting this hypothesis, as well as presenting new ways of framing existing myths and stories. Female mammals are a fundamental component of writing in all literate cultures. Recognizing this allows one to discern pattern faster, facilitating the learning of language.
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Breasts, Vaginas, and Tools: Musings on the roots of our alphabet
If you want to describe something to someone, but neither of you speak the same language, drawing a picture is the simplest way to get…
Letter A: From Hawk to Ox
The oldest Egyptian hieroglyphs to have been discovered were inscribed around 3200 BC, fully formed, with no clear antecedent. This is more than 5,000 years…
“Meow” is just another name for “cat”
Jennifer Ball Soochow University, Suzhou, China Email: originofalphabet@me.com How to cite this paper: Ball, J. (2019). “Meow” Is Just Another Name for “Cat”. Open Journal…
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