14.1172, Media: BBC: 'Earliest writing' found in China

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Subject: 14.1172, Media: BBC: 'Earliest writing' found in China

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

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Date:  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:09:34 +0800
From:  "Karen Chung" <karchung at ntu.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/


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