Writing May Be Oldest in Western Hemisphere

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Originally Posted by Tonchi

"Writing" from that part of the world was not correspondence...

Sure, nothing in the form of portable Olmec writing is believed to have survived--until maybe now. Considering the tablet is a brand-new discovery, all of this is speculation at best. Now that archeologists are inspired to concentrate more intensely on Olmec research, who knows what else will be found out?