- Radiocarbon dating has found that a tablet inscribed with the Rongorongo script of Rapa Nui Easter Island predates European contact, meaning the script may be one of history’s rare independently invented writing systems. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/research-reveals-the-natives-of-easter-island-invented-a-written-language-from-scratch-180983793/ 42 comments history
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