http://knowledgenuts.com/2015/07/18/meso...ilization/
The problem with this is that we only find what endures. Someone could have invented paper 10,000 years ago and written an Encyclopedia but because paper rots in moist climates the chances of finding a remnant are slim to none. There was nothing miraculous about the survival of Egyptian papyri or the Dead Sea Scrolls ( generally parchment) because the climates they were found in were dry as bones.
Quote:For many years, we believed that Mesopotamia was the “cradle of civilization” because the oldest evidence of a written language was found there. However, archaeologists have discovered the Dispilio tablet in Greece which dates to 5260 BC. More recently, they’ve also found tablets in the Danube Valley that appear to contain a written language. Those tablets date to 5500 BC. A debate rages among archaeologists as to whether these Danube Valley symbols are decorations or a written language. If found to be the world’s oldest written language, it would mean that, as far as we know, civilization began in the Danube Valley, not Mesopotamia.
The problem with this is that we only find what endures. Someone could have invented paper 10,000 years ago and written an Encyclopedia but because paper rots in moist climates the chances of finding a remnant are slim to none. There was nothing miraculous about the survival of Egyptian papyri or the Dead Sea Scrolls ( generally parchment) because the climates they were found in were dry as bones.
