LINGUIST List 14.1172

Wed Apr 23 2003

Media: BBC: 'Earliest writing' found in China

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    Message 1: Media: BBC: 'Earliest writing' found in China

     Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:09:34 +0800
    From: Karen Chung <karchungntu.edu.tw>
    Subject: Media: BBC: 'Earliest writing' found in China


    There's a report in the Science section of the BBC site entitled:

    'Earliest writing' found in China: Signs carved into 8,600-year-old tortoise shells found in China may be the earliest written words, say archaeologists.

    by Paul Rincon

    The URL:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2956925.stm

    Karen Steffen Chung http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/ http://www.topica.com/lists/phonetics/