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They used signs, pictures and marks to carry meaning. This is called symbolic communication :
How did meaning travel before writing?
Before writing
Signs, not words
1. Engraving
Carved with a burin
Example:
Bones
Shells
Ostrich eggs
2. Painting
On rock walls
Example:
Cave paintings
3. Wearing
Worn on the body
Example:
Pigments
Beads
- Carved marks and designs on bones and shells (engravings), made with a small carving tool called a burin
- Colours used to decorate the body (pigments)
- Beads of stone, bone and shell
These are the oldest surviving signs of humans passing meaning to each other.
NCERT question · Big Question 2
How did humans communicate before writing was invented?
