How did they communicate in the Stone Age?

Many people consider the first language and writing to date from the 4th millennium BCE, but did you know there is evidence that the first forms of writing and communication date all the way back to the very first period of human history? read more

They seem to have found evidence that some form of written language was being attempted by our Stone Age ancestors, an idea that – if substantiated – would push back the recognised birth of writing from about 6,000 years ago, as produced by the first agrarian societies, to an incredible 30,000 years ago. read more

To understand stone age languages we need to see what stone age is and what language is. Stone age means any level of human civilisation before usage of hard metals replacing stones as tools, from paleolithic millions of years to as near as the 20th Century at some locations. read more